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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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