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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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