##*~~,,,,,                                          ,,,,,~~*##
####$**~-,                                          ,-~**$####
##@#$**~-,                                          ,-~**$#@##
##@#$**~-,                                          ,-~**$#@##
#$*~,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,~*$#
###@#**~-,  #####     ##################     #####  ,-~**#@###
#**~~~~~-,  ## ## , , #  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               ,,,,-~*$$@
##@#$**~-,       pheromone (analogous to the canine ,-~**$#@##
#@##$**~-,       predator mouth virus) that lure    ,-~**$##@#
##@#$**~-,   kobolds... to come closer to the       ,-~**$#@##
##@#$**~-,   dragon, and to adore the teeth...      ,-~**$#@##
#$**~,,,,,                                          ,,,,,~**$#
##@#$**~-,                                          ,-~**$#@##
@$****~-,,                                          ,,-~****$@
#$*~~~~~-,                                          ,-~~~~~*$#
@@#$**--,,                                          ,,--**$#@@