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¨§¨§¨¨§¨¨§                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨§§¨¨
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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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