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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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