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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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