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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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