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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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