¨¨¨¨¨^~/*$                                          $*/~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~/*                                          */~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~/                                          /~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~                                          ~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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