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#£=^~:.... THE KIRUGU VARGIR DESERT, IN THE ....:~^=£#
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^~:....... THE HONEY IS A REDDISH AMBER, VERY .......:~^
~:........ VISCOUS (BUT STILL POURABLE). IT SMELLS ........:~
:......... SLIGHTLY OF EUCALYPTUS, AND HAS A .........:
~:........ MOSTLY BITTER TASTE. ........:~
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=^~:...... IT'S HIGHLY ADDICTIVE, AND POSSESS ......:~^=
£=^~:..... STRONG PSYCHOTROPIC EFFECTS. .....:~^=£
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#£=^~:.... THE HONEY MATERIALIZES IN VACCUUMS ....:~^=£#
£=^~:..... WITHIN ANY LABYRINTHINE SPACE. THE MORE .....:~^=£
=^~:...... FOLDED AND AMBIGUOUS, THE FASTER IT ......:~^=
^~:....... EMERGES. THE CAVERNOUS SYSTEMS UNDER .......:~^
~:........ THE DESERT OF KIRUGU SERVES THIS ........:~
:......... 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 .:~^=£#@##
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=^~:...... THE DRUG IS USED BY THE LIZARDS IN ......:~^=
£=^~:..... THESE SMALL (BUT OFTEN CONTINUOUS) .....:~^=£
#£=^~:.... DOSES. THIS HEIGHTENS THE SENSES ....:~^=£#
@#£=^~:... SOMEWHAT BUT AT THE COST OF A LESSENED ...:~^=£#@
#@#£=^~:.. ABILITY TO MULTI-TASK - CONTEXT ..:~^=£#@#
##@#£=^~:. SWITCHING MIGHT TAKE LONGER AND BE MORE .:~^=£#@##
#@#£=^~:.. CONFUSING. ..:~^=£#@#
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~:........ 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 ...:~^=£#@
#@#£=^~:.. INCLINED). ..:~^=£#@#
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=^~:...... NORMAL STIMULI, BUT ABLE TO OVERRIDE ......:~^=
^~:....... THEIR OWN SENSES WITH DREAMLIKE .......:~^
~:........ IMAGERY. SHARING OF THOUGHTS WITH OTHER ........:~
:......... EATERS, MOOD READING OF THOSE WHO STAY .........:
~:........ 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 ....:~^=£#
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=^~:...... IS INTERMITTENT THOUGHT SHARING WITH ......:~^=
^~:....... SOBER PERSONS (ALTHOUGH .......:~^
~:........ UNINTELLIGIBLE). MEMEORIES ARE SHARDED ........:~
:......... OR NOT FORMED. .........:
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#@#£=^~:.. RESTABLE AFTER COMING DOWN, OFTEN GONE ..:~^=£#@#
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#£=^~:.... 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 ....:~^=£#
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#@#£=^~:.. LEAD TO SEVEAL FALLS. ADDITIONALLY, ..:~^=£#@#
##@#£=^~:. ROBBERIES OF THE INTOXICATED ARE COMMON. .:~^=£#@##
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#£=^~:.... TO DIE OF PURE OVERDOSE (ON THE SCALE ....:~^=£#
£=^~:..... OF JARS OF HONEY) BEFORE BEING KILLED .....:~^=£
=^~:...... 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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