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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!    #.#.#.#.#.
.#.##.##.#  $$$$$ A KOBOLD'S TASKS ARE TEETH $$$$$  #.#.#.#.#.
##..#..#.#  $$ $$ CARE, TONGUE CARE, GUM     $$ $$  #.#.#.#.#.
.#.##.##.#  $$$$$ CARE, OTHER SUCH CARES.    $$$$$  #.#.#.#.#.
##..#..#.#      A DRAGON'S TONGUE IS USED FOR       #.#.#.#.#.
.#.##.##.#      EATING, AND KISSING, AND CARESSING, #.#.#.#.#.
##..#..#.#      AND MANIPULATING OBJECTS AND        #.#.#.#.#.
.#.##.##.#  ~~~~~ CREATURES BOTH SMALL AND   ~~~~~  #.#.#.#.#.
##..#..#.#  ~~ ~~ LARGE,                WHAT ~~ ~~  #.#.#.#.#.
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##..#..#.#  TONGUE APART, IS IT'S CRYSTAL COVERING, #.#.#.#.#.
.#.##.##.#  (FOR GRIPPING PREY). THESE MUST BE      #.#.#.#.#.
##..#..#.#  MAINTAINED PROPERLY     TO AVOID DAMAGE #.#.#.#.#.
.#.##.##.#  ..... OR INFECTION TO THE TONGUE .....  #.#.#.#.#.
##..#..#.#  .. .. ITSELF OR TO THE MOUTH.    .. ..  #.#.#.#.#.
.#.##.##.#  ..... SOMETIMES A TONGUE CRYSTAL .....  #.#.#.#.#.
##..#..#.#     WILL GROW IN AN AWKWARD DIRECTION,   #.#.#.#.#.
.#.##.##.# OR GET CAUGHT ON ANOTHER CRYSTAL, OR     #.#.#.#.#.
##..#..#.#   BREAK OFF, GET VERY SHARP,             #.#.#.#.#.
.#.##.##.#  $$$$$      ,,,,, THEY MIGHT GROW #####  #.#.#.#.#.
##..#..#.#  $$ $$      ,, ,, ON THE WRONG    ## ##  #.#.#.#.#.
.#.##.##.#  $$$$$      ,,,,, SIDE OF THE     #####  #.#.#.#.#.
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.#.##.##.# WITHOUT A KOBOLD SUPPLY DRAGONS HAVE     #.#.#.#.#.
##..#..#.# BEEN OBSERVED LICKING BEDROCK OR EXPOSED #.#.#.#.#.
.#.##.##.#  ..... ORE.                    A KOBOLD  #.#.#.#.#.
##..#..#.#  .. .. WILL TAKE UP RESIDENCY IN OR NEAR #.#.#.#.#.
.#.##.##.#  ..... THE DRAGONS RESTING PLACE "DEN",  #.#.#.#.#.
##..#..#.# NESTING PLACE, AND FROM THEN ON          #.#.#.#.#.
.#.##.##.# ROUTINELY CLIMB INSIDE THE MOUTH AND     #.#.#.#.#.
##..#..#.# WITH FILES AND BRUSHES CLEAN OUT DEBREE  #.#.#.#.#.
.#.##.##.#    AND GORE, AND WITH  .....      $$$$$  #.#.#.#.#.
##..#..#.#    FILES GO OVER THE   .. ..      $$ $$  #.#.#.#.#.
.#.##.##.#    ENTIRE TONGUE AREA. .....      $$$$$  #.#.#.#.#.
##..#..#.#                     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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