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,,~=†$$$@#                                          #@$$$†=~,,
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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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