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.&&...&..& the humidity in the cave air condense &&.&..&.&&
&.&..&&.&. into droplets in the roof of the hall, .&&&.&&&.&
&&&.&.&&&& and is then slowly carried down the &..&&..&&.
..&&&&.... arches, where the drops melt together &.&.&.&.&&
.&...&.... . until they're finally to heavy to . &&&&&&&&.&
&&..&&.... cling. a few seconds in the air, then .......&&&
.&.&.&.... they hit the crystals that have invaded ......&...
&&&&&&.... . . the stone floor. . . .....&&...
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....&&..&. the crystals are scales, from the ...&&&&.&&
...&.&.&&& dragon. they look like ice, but they ..&...&&.&
..&&&&&... are not. dragon scales are made of nail .&&..&.&&&
.&....&..& tissue, and on the dragon that made &.&.&&&..&
&&...&&.&& these, it is heavily infused with &&&&..&.&&
.&..&.&&.. quartz. in the faint light of the cave, ...&.&&&..
&&.&&&.&.. they shimmer pink and teal. ..&&&..&..
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&.&.&..&.& the dragon is translucent like the &&.&&&.&&&
&&&&&.&&&. scales, and as it lies in the middle of .&&..&&...
....&&..&& the hall it looks little more than a &.&.&.&..&
...&.&.&.& bump in the pile. when awake, when &&&&&&&.&&
..&&&&&&&. soaring, it becomes a facet of the sky ......&&.&
.&......&& itself. but here and now it is asleep, .....&.&&&
&&.....&.. and dreaming. ....&&&..&
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&&...&.&.& it is dreaming about you... ..&&.&&&&.
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