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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. , , &§%=~,,,,,
,~~=%§## , , , , , ###&§%=~~,
,~~=%§## 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. ###&§%=~~,
,~~=%### ####&%=~~,
,~~~~=§§§& 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. ###&§%=~~,
,,,,~~~%&& &&%~~~,,,,
,~~=%§## IT IS DREAMING ABOUT YOU... ###&§%=~~,
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