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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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