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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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