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@&%*~,,,,,                                          ,,,,,~*%&@
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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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