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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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