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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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