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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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