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##@£%%=~:¨ take care of it... with outside help!    ¨:~=%%£@##
##@£%%=~:¨  %%%%% a kobold's tasks are teeth %%%%%  ¨:~=%%£@##
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£%%%=~~¨¨¨  %%%%% care, other such cares.    %%%%%  ¨¨¨~~=%%%£
£%%%~:¨¨¨¨      a dragon's tongue is used for       ¨¨¨¨:~%%%£
#£%%%%=~:¨      eating, and kissing, and caressing, ¨:~=%%%%£#
###@£%=~:¨      and manipulating objects and        ¨:~=%£@###
##@£%%=~:¨  ~~~~~ creatures both small and   ~~~~~  ¨:~=%%£@##
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##@£%%=~:¨  ~~~~~            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.    ¨¨ ¨¨  ¨:~===%%%@
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##@£%%=~:¨     will grow in an awkward direction,   ¨:~=%%£@##
##@£%%=~:¨ or get caught on another crystal, or     ¨:~=%%£@##
###@£%=~:¨   break off, get very sharp,             ¨:~=%£@###
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#£%%=:¨¨¨¨                   tongue,                ¨¨¨¨:=%%£#
##@£%%=~:¨ without a kobold supply dragons have     ¨:~=%%£@##
##@£%%=~:¨ been observed licking bedrock or exposed ¨:~=%%£@##
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##@£%%=~:¨  ¨¨ ¨¨ will take up residency in or near ¨:~=%%£@##
£%%===~:¨¨  ¨¨¨¨¨ the dragons resting place "den",  ¨¨:~===%%£
£%=~::::¨¨ nesting place, and from then on          ¨¨::::~=%£
£%%~~:¨¨¨¨ routinely climb inside the mouth and     ¨¨¨¨:~~%%£
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@%%=~:¨¨¨¨    and gore, and with  ¨¨¨¨¨      %%%%%  ¨¨¨¨:~=%%@
##@£%%=~:¨    files go over the   ¨¨ ¨¨      %% %%  ¨:~=%%£@##
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##@£%%=~:¨ 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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