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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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