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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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