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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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#@@#¤$:~~¨ these, it is heavily infused with ¨~~:$¤#@@#
##@#¤$:~~¨ quartz. in the faint light of the cave, ¨~~:$¤#@##
#@@#¤$:~~¨ they shimmer pink and teal. ¨~~:$¤#@@#
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@##$$$:~~¨ the dragon is translucent like the ¨~~:$$$##@
#@@#¤$:~~¨ scales, and as it lies in the middle of ¨~~:$¤#@@#
@#$::~¨¨¨¨ the hall it looks little more than a ¨¨¨¨~::$#@
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@###¤$:~~¨ soaring, it becomes a facet of the sky ¨~~:$¤###@
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#@@#¤$:~~¨ it is dreaming about you... ¨~~:$¤#@@#
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