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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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,,,,,==**¤ ¤**==,,,,,