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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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