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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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