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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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