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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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