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.:«*%§@#@#   the humidity in the cave air condense  #@#@§%*«:.
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.....«%%%@    and is then slowly carried down the   @%%%«.....
.:«*%§@###   arches, where the drops melt together  ###@§%*«:.
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......«*%@  cling. a few seconds in the air, then   @%*«......
......««%@  they hit the crystals that have invaded @%««......
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.:«*%§@#@# .     .             .            .     . #@#@§%*«:.
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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 @#§%*:....
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.:«*%§@#@#    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.              #@#@§%*«:.
.:«*%§@#@@                                          @@#@§%*«:.
..::«%%§#@        it is dreaming about you...       @#§%%«::..
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