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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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