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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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