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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 .~~;****§§
@§§§$*;~~. they hit the crystals that have invaded .~~;*$§§§@
@§*~...... . . the stone floor. . . ......~*§@
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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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