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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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