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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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