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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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