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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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