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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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