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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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