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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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