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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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