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.......-== and toxic environment... how can they    ==-.......
......-==^ take care of it... with outside help!    ^==-......
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........-=  maintained properly     to avoid damage =-........
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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     £^==-.....
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.....-==^£       pheromone (analogous to the canine £^==-.....
......-==^       predator mouth virus) that lure    ^==-......
.......-==   kobolds... to come closer to the       ==-.......
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