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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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