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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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