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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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