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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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