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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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