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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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