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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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