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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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