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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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