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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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