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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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