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##¶#@†\~^,  #####     ##################     #####  ,^~\†@#¶##
¶@\\\~^,,,  ## ## , , #  tongue  care  # , , ## ##  ,,,^~\\\@¶
¶¶¶#@†\~^,  #####     ##################     #####  ,^~\†@#¶¶¶
###@††\~^, the dragon's mouth is a highly corrosive ,^~\††@###
##¶#@†\~^, and toxic environment... how can they    ,^~\†@#¶##
#@†~,,,,,, take care of it... with outside help!    ,,,,,,~†@#
##¶#@†\~^,  @@@@@ a kobold's tasks are teeth @@@@@  ,^~\†@#¶##
##¶#@†\~^,  @@ @@ care, tongue care, gum     @@ @@  ,^~\†@#¶##
##¶#@†\~^,  @@@@@ care, other such cares.    @@@@@  ,^~\†@#¶##
#@@\^,,,,,      a dragon's tongue is used for       ,,,,,^\@@#
##¶#@†\~^,      eating, and kissing, and caressing, ,^~\†@#¶##
¶@††\^,,,,      and manipulating objects and        ,,,,^\††@¶
##†~~~^,,,  ~~~~~ creatures both small and   ~~~~~  ,,,^~~~†##
##¶#@†\~^,  ~~ ~~ large,                what ~~ ~~  ,^~\†@#¶##
##¶#@†\~^,  ~~~~~            sets a dragon's ~~~~~  ,^~\†@#¶##
#†\~~^,,,,  tongue apart, is it's crystal covering, ,,,,^~~\†#
##¶#@†\~^,  (for gripping prey). these must be      ,^~\†@#¶##
#@†\^,,,,,  maintained properly     to avoid damage ,,,,,^\†@#
##¶#@†\~^,  ,,,,, or infection to the tongue ,,,,,  ,^~\†@#¶##
¶@\\^^,,,,  ,, ,, itself or to the mouth.    ,, ,,  ,,,,^^\\@¶
##¶#@†\~^,  ,,,,, sometimes a tongue crystal ,,,,,  ,^~\†@#¶##
##¶#@†\~^,     will grow in an awkward direction,   ,^~\†@#¶##
#†~,,,,,,, or get caught on another crystal, or     ,,,,,,,~†#
#†~~^^^,,,   break off, get very sharp,             ,,,^^^~~†#
###¶#@†\~^  @@@@@      ^^^^^ they might grow #####  ^~\†@#¶###
¶#@†\^^^,,  @@ @@      ^^ ^^ on the wrong    ## ##  ,,^^^\†@#¶
#†~,,,,,,,  @@@@@      ^^^^^ side of the     #####  ,,,,,,,~†#
##¶#@†\~^,                   tongue,                ,^~\†@#¶##
¶@†††\\~^, without a kobold supply dragons have     ,^~\\†††@¶
#†\\^,,,,, been observed licking bedrock or exposed ,,,,,^\\†#
#@†\\^,,,,  ,,,,, ore.                    a kobold  ,,,,^\\†@#
#†\\~~,,,,  ,, ,, will take up residency in or near ,,,,~~\\†#
##¶#@†\~^,  ,,,,, the dragons resting place "den",  ,^~\†@#¶##
##¶#@†\~^, nesting place, and from then on          ,^~\†@#¶##
¶##††\\~^, routinely climb inside the mouth and     ,^~\\††##¶
##†\^^,,,, with files and brushes clean out debree  ,,,,^^\†##
##¶#@†\~^,    and gore, and with  ,,,,,      @@@@@  ,^~\†@#¶##
##¶#@†\~^,    files go over the   ,, ,,      @@ @@  ,^~\†@#¶##
##†~~~,,,,    entire tongue area. ,,,,,      @@@@@  ,,,,~~~†##
#¶#@@†\~^,                     kobolds are acquired ,^~\†@@#¶#
#@\\^,,,,, in a quite interesting way: a dragons    ,,,,,^\\@#
###¶#†\~^, saliva is saturated with a               ,^~\†#¶###
##¶#@†\~^,       pheromone (analogous to the canine ,^~\†@#¶##
#†~^,,,,,,       predator mouth virus) that lure    ,,,,,,^~†#
###¶#†\~^,   kobolds... to come closer to the       ,^~\†#¶###
##¶#@†\~^,   dragon, and to adore the teeth...      ,^~\†@#¶##
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