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##¶£$^\=-¨ viscous (but still pourable). it smells ¨-=\^$£¶##
##@¶$^\=-¨ slightly of eucalyptus, and has a ¨-=\^$¶@##
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#@¶£$^\=-¨ the honey materializes in vaccuums ¨-=\^$£¶@#
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£££$\\\=-¨ folded and ambiguous, the faster it ¨-=\\\$£££
£££^===-¨¨ emerges. the cavernous systems under ¨¨-===^£££
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@@¶£$^\=-¨ purpose very well - the lizards use ¨-=\^$£¶@@
#@¶£$^\=-¨ pumps to empty small boxes or jars of ¨-=\^$£¶@#
¶$^=¨¨¨¨¨¨ air, which then are left overnight and ¨¨¨¨¨¨=^$¶
#@¶£$^\=-¨ harvested the next day. ¨-=\^$£¶@#
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#@¶£$^\=-¨ most spaces are somewhat mazelike, and ¨-=\^$£¶@#
¶$\\==¨¨¨¨ it's not uncommon for lizards in kirugu ¨¨¨¨==\\$¶
¶$$$^\=--¨ veszelle city to keep a few jars (often ¨--=\^$$$¶
#@¶£$^\=-¨ hanged from the ceiling in metal crowns ¨-=\^$£¶@#
#@¶£$^\=-¨ made for this purpose). however, these ¨-=\^$£¶@#
#@¶£$^\=-¨ may take weeks to fill. ¨-=\^$£¶@#
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£$^^^^\=-¨ the drug is used by the lizards in ¨-=\^^^^$£
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##@¶£$^=-¨ doses. this heightens the senses ¨-=^$£¶@##
£$\\-¨¨¨¨¨ somewhat but at the cost of a lessened ¨¨¨¨¨-\\$£
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#@¶£$^\=-¨ switching might take longer and be more ¨-=\^$£¶@#
£^^=¨¨¨¨¨¨ confusing. ¨¨¨¨¨¨=^^£
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¶¶¶£$^\=-¨ multitasking becomes very hard (the ¨-=\^$£¶¶¶
@¶¶£$^\=-¨ thought does not occur). senses more ¨-=\^$£¶¶@
#@¶£$^\=-¨ acute but "unimportant" (ignored). ¨-=\^$£¶@#
#@¶£$^\=-¨ inner perceptions take the upper hand, ¨-=\^$£¶@#
#@¶£$^\=-¨ abstraction and memory faculties are ¨-=\^$£¶@#
#@¶£$^\=-¨ sharpened severely. slight telepathy ¨-=\^$£¶@#
¶¶¶£$^\=-¨ (mostly moods) with other honey eaters. ¨-=\^$£¶¶¶
##@¶£$^=-¨ sense of thirst dissappears. still easy ¨-=^$£¶@##
££^=¨¨¨¨¨¨ to move around the body (if so ¨¨¨¨¨¨=^££
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@¶¶£$^\=-¨ the honey eater becomes unresponsive to ¨-=\^$£¶¶@
#@¶£$^\=-¨ normal stimuli, but able to override ¨-=\^$£¶@#
£££^^=--¨¨ their own senses with dreamlike ¨¨--=^^£££
£$\=--¨¨¨¨ imagery. sharing of thoughts with other ¨¨¨¨--=\$£
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#@¶£$^\=-¨ sober (worth noting that the thoughts ¨-=\^$£¶@#
#@¶£$^\=-¨ are very fragmented and hard to ¨-=\^$£¶@#
££^=---¨¨¨ decipher, unless you are at a similar ¨¨¨---=^££
£^=¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ level of spoons). at this point the ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨=^£
#@¶£$^\=-¨ body is hard to move, and starts losing ¨-=\^$£¶@#
##@£$^\=-¨ water. ¨-=\^$£@##
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##¶£$^\=-¨ overdose. body losing water quickly, ¨-=\^$£¶##
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#@¶£$^\=-¨ is intermittent thought sharing with ¨-=\^$£¶@#
##@£$^\=-¨ sober persons (although ¨-=\^$£@##
£^\-¨¨¨¨¨¨ unintelligible). memeories are sharded ¨¨¨¨¨¨-\^£
#@¶£$^\=-¨ or not formed. ¨-=\^$£¶@#
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¶¶¶£$^\=-¨ thirst is one of the last senses to ¨-=\^$£¶¶¶
#@¶£$^\=-¨ restable after coming down, often gone ¨-=\^$£¶@#
@££$^===-¨ for up to twenty four hours. at higher ¨-===^$££@
@@¶£$^\=-¨ doses it's hard to move, even if you ¨-=\^$£¶@@
#@¶£$^\=-¨ would remember drinking (which is also ¨-=\^$£¶@#
@¶£^==¨¨¨¨ made harder by the attention focusing ¨¨¨¨==^£¶@
¶¶¶£$^\=-¨ properties of the honey). ¨-=\^$£¶¶¶
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#@¶£$^\=-¨ people are known to suffer injuries ¨-=\^$£¶@#
##@£$^\=-¨ from being still in unfavourable ¨-=\^$£@##
@£$^\-¨¨¨¨ climates for too long, sometimes to the ¨¨¨¨-\^$£@
£^=¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ point of death. another danger is ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨=^£
##¶£$^\=-¨ actually locomotion of the body... ¨-=\^$£¶##
@£^\-¨¨¨¨¨ walking around is still somewhat ¨¨¨¨¨-\^£@
@¶£^\--¨¨¨ possible after losing sight, which have ¨¨¨--\^£¶@
##@¶£$\=-¨ lead to seveal falls. additionally, ¨-=\$£¶@##
££^\\=-¨¨¨ robberies of the intoxicated are common. ¨¨¨-=\\^££
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#@¶£$^\=-¨ lastly, albeit very rare, it's possible ¨-=\^$£¶@#
@@¶£$^\=-¨ to die of pure overdose (on the scale ¨-=\^$£¶@@
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¶¶£^\\\=-¨ by thirst. there are rumors that this ¨-=\\\^£¶¶
#@¶£$^\=-¨ leaves "ghosts", who will still share ¨-=\^$£¶@#
¶¶¶£$^\=-¨ their thoughts long after their bodies ¨-=\^$£¶¶¶
#@¶£$^\=-¨ are dead and gone. ¨-=\^$£¶@#
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