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@#**=~,,,,                                          ,,,,~=**#@
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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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