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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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