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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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,-=\†%¤@##                                          ##@¤%†\=-,
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