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-,,,,,,,,, ## ## , , # tongue care # , , ## ## ,,,,,,,,,-
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%^-,,,,,,, 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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