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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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