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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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