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@%::~,¨¨¨¨  ## ## ¨ ¨ @  tongue  care  @ ¨ ¨ ## ##  ¨¨¨¨,~::%@
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@%%%~¨¨¨¨¨ 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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