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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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