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@@¤**=~,.. 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 ..,~=**¤@@
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@@¤**=~,.. 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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