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#¤$*=~-... INTO DROPLETS IN THE ROOF OF THE HALL, ...-~=*$¤#
##¤$*=~-.. AND IS THEN SLOWLY CARRIED DOWN THE ..-~=*$¤##
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##¤$*=~-.. . UNTIL THEY'RE FINALLY TO HEAVY TO . ..-~=*$¤##
#¤$*=~-... CLING. A FEW SECONDS IN THE AIR, THEN ...-~=*$¤#
¤$*=~-.... THEY HIT THE CRYSTALS THAT HAVE INVADED ....-~=*$¤
$*=~-..... . . THE STONE FLOOR. . . .....-~=*$
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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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#¤$*=~-... THE DRAGON IS TRANSLUCENT LIKE THE ...-~=*$¤#
##¤$*=~-.. SCALES, AND AS IT LIES IN THE MIDDLE OF ..-~=*$¤##
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##¤$*=~-.. BUMP IN THE PILE. WHEN AWAKE, WHEN ..-~=*$¤##
#¤$*=~-... SOARING, IT BECOMES A FACET OF THE SKY ...-~=*$¤#
¤$*=~-.... ITSELF. BUT HERE AND NOW IT IS ASLEEP, ....-~=*$¤
$*=~-..... AND DREAMING. .....-~=*$
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