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,:~;*§@### 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 ###@§*;~:,
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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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