##¤**†=,..                                          ..,=†**¤##
#¤**†=,...                                          ...,=†**¤#
¤**†=,....                                          ....,=†**¤
**†=,.....                                          .....,=†**
*†=,......                                          ......,=†*
†=,.......  #####     ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤     #####  .......,=†
=,........  ## ## . . ¤  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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