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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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