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###£%^/«,¨  %%%%% care, other such cares.    %%%%%  ¨,«/^%£###
###£%^/«,¨      a dragon's tongue is used for       ¨,«/^%£###
###£%^/«,¨      eating, and kissing, and caressing, ¨,«/^%£###
###£%^/«,¨      and manipulating objects and        ¨,«/^%£###
###£%^/«,¨  ««««« creatures both small and   «««««  ¨,«/^%£###
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###£%^/«,¨  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 ¨¨¨¨¨  ¨,«/^%%%%#
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###£%^/«,¨ or get caught on another crystal, or     ¨,«/^%£###
##£%^«,¨¨¨   break off, get very sharp,             ¨¨¨,«^%£##
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###£%^/«,¨ without a kobold supply dragons have     ¨,«/^%£###
###£%^/«,¨ been observed licking bedrock or exposed ¨,«/^%£###
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###£%^/«,¨  ¨¨¨¨¨ the dragons resting place "den",  ¨,«/^%£###
###£%^/«,¨ nesting place, and from then on          ¨,«/^%£###
#£%^«¨¨¨¨¨ routinely climb inside the mouth and     ¨¨¨¨¨«^%£#
###£%^/«,¨ with files and brushes clean out debree  ¨,«/^%£###
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###£%^/«,¨    files go over the   ¨¨ ¨¨      %% %%  ¨,«/^%£###
###£%^/«,¨    entire tongue area. ¨¨¨¨¨      %%%%%  ¨,«/^%£###
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###£%^/«,¨ saliva is saturated with a               ¨,«/^%£###
###£%^/«,¨       pheromone (analogous to the canine ¨,«/^%£###
##%^^/«,¨¨       predator mouth virus) that lure    ¨¨,«/^^%##
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###£%^/«,¨   dragon, and to adore the teeth...      ¨,«/^%£###
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