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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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