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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 ,,,,,~:*%£
#£%*:~,,,, ,    ,    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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###£%*:~,,        IT IS DREAMING ABOUT YOU...       ,,~:*%£###
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