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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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