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,:«**$#¶## and is then slowly carried down the ##¶#$**«:,
,,,,::*$$¶ arches, where the drops melt together ¶$$*::,,,,
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,:«**$#¶## tissue, and on the dragon that made ##¶#$**«:,
,:«**$#¶## these, it is heavily infused with ##¶#$**«:,
,:«******# quartz. in the faint light of the cave, #******«:,
,:«****### they shimmer pink and teal. ###****«:,
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,:«**$#¶## the dragon is translucent like the ##¶#$**«:,
,:«**$#¶## scales, and as it lies in the middle of ##¶#$**«:,
,,,««*$#¶# the hall it looks little more than a #¶#$*««,,,
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,:«**$###¶ soaring, it becomes a facet of the sky ¶###$**«:,
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