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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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