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