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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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