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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 ####..#..#
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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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