,,,,~=§§§#                                          #§§§=~,,,,
,,~^=§§@##                                          ##@§§=^~,,
,,,~^==§§#                                          #§§==^~,,,
,,~^=§§@##                                          ##@§§=^~,,
,,~^=§§@##                                          ##@§§=^~,,
,,~^^^§§@#  #####     §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§     #####  #@§§^^^~,,
,,~^^^=§§#  ## ## , , §  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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,,~~^==§§@                                          @§§==^~~,,
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