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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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