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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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