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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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##@@$$†~~. the dragon is translucent like the .~~†$$@@##
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@@$$†~~... the hall it looks little more than a ...~~†$$@@
@$$†~~.... bump in the pile. when awake, when ....~~†$$@
@@$$†~~... soaring, it becomes a facet of the sky ...~~†$$@@
#@@$$†~~.. itself. but here and now it is asleep, ..~~†$$@@#
##@@$$†~~. and dreaming. .~~†$$@@##
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@@$$†~~... it is dreaming about you... ...~~†$$@@
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