#@#@§*=-^.                                          .^-=*§@#@#
@**===-^..                                          ..^-===**@
@@#@§*=-^.                                          .^-=*§@#@@
@§=^......                                          ......^=§@
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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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