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@@%*;-.... ## ## . . @ tongue care @ . . ## ## ....-;*%@@
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%*;-...... 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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