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###£@§*=~. 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.    @@@@@  .....~=*§@
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@§*=~.....      EATING, AND KISSING, AND CARESSING, .....~=*§@
£@§*=~....      AND MANIPULATING OBJECTS AND        ....~=*§@£
#£@§*=~...  ===== CREATURES BOTH SMALL AND   =====  ...~=*§@£#
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##£@§*=~..  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     ...~=*§@£#
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@§*=~..... 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  ..~=*§@£##
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@§*=~.....    ENTIRE TONGUE AREA. .....      @@@@@  .....~=*§@
§*=~......                     KOBOLDS ARE ACQUIRED ......~=*§
@§*=~..... IN A QUITE INTERESTING WAY: A DRAGONS    .....~=*§@
£@§*=~.... SALIVA IS SATURATED WITH A               ....~=*§@£
#£@§*=~...       PHEROMONE (ANALOGOUS TO THE CANINE ...~=*§@£#
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