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@¤¤%~~^...                                          ...^~~%¤¤@
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@@#¤¤%†~^.                 medicine                 .^~†%¤¤#@@
#@#¤¤%†~^.                    .                     .^~†%¤¤#@#
@@#¤¤%†~^. #####@@@###¤¤¤¤%†~^..^~†%¤¤¤¤###@@@##### .^~†%¤¤#@@
#@#¤¤%†~^. #                                      # .^~†%¤¤#@#
#@#¤¤%†~^. # in kirugu vargir, far from the       # .^~†%¤¤#@#
#@#¤¤%†~^. @ desert. in the green caves... there  @ .^~†%¤¤#@#
#@#¤¤%†~^. @ grows a lichen on the walls. hence   @ .^~†%¤¤#@#
##¤%†††~^. @ the name... green caves... although  @ .^~†††%¤##
@@#¤¤%†~^. # they are rather blue-green. teal.    # .^~†%¤¤#@@
#@#¤¤%†~^. #                                      # .^~†%¤¤#@#
¤¤¤†^^.... #####¤¤¤¤¤¤%%††~~^^..^^~~††%%¤¤¤¤¤¤##### ....^^†¤¤¤
#¤%†^^....                    .                     ....^^†%¤#
#@#¤¤%†~^. they  would scrape  the lichen from  the .^~†%¤¤#@#
#@#¤¤%†~^. cave walls, being careful not  to inhale .^~†%¤¤#@#
@@#¤¤%†~^. the dust. even so,  they  would get some .^~†%¤¤#@@
¤¤¤¤%%†~^. in their lungs, or stuck in  their hair, .^~†%%¤¤¤¤
@#¤¤%†^... or on their  hands...  sooner  or later, ...^†%¤¤#@
#@#¤¤%†~^.       it would enter their bodies.       .^~†%¤¤#@#
#¤¤¤¤%†~^.                    .                     .^~†%¤¤¤¤#
#@#¤¤%†~^. the  medicine  made   from   the  lichen .^~†%¤¤#@#
@@#¤¤%†~^.      flakes have some,, interesting      .^~†%¤¤#@@
#@#¤¤%†~^.                properties.               .^~†%¤¤#@#
#@#¤¤%†~^.                     .                    .^~†%¤¤#@#
#¤%%%%†~^. for  starters,  it  speeds up healing of .^~†%%%%¤#
@¤%~^^.... wounds,  especially  for  those  cut  by ....^^~%¤@
@@#¤¤%†~^.               animal claw,               .^~†%¤¤#@@
#@#¤¤%†~^.                    .                     .^~†%¤¤#@#
#@#¤¤%†~^. it  aids  in  making  dreams  lucid, for .^~†%¤¤#@#
#@#¤¤%†~^.         making dreams come true,         .^~†%¤¤#@#
###¤¤%†~^.  and when sufficiently accustomed, you   .^~†%¤¤###
@#¤%%†~... can  see   it  glow   in  those  dreams. ...~†%%¤#@
#@#¤¤%†~^.                                          .^~†%¤¤#@#
#@#¤¤%†~^.                                          .^~†%¤¤#@#
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#¤%%~~^^^.                                          .^^^~~%%¤#
#@#¤¤%†~^.                                          .^~†%¤¤#@#