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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        @#%†††:=,.
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.,=:†%#@##  == == 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 #####  #@@#%†:=,.
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....=:%%@#  %%%%%      ,,,,, 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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