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&†††:::~:.                                          .:~:::†††&
&&&&$†:~:.  THE HONEY IS A CONDENSATION OF A THICK  .:~:†$&&&&
#@@&$†:~:.      LIQUID, INHERENT TO ALL MAZES.      .:~:†$&@@#
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##@&$†:~:. ######################################## .:~:†$&@##
&$$††::... ........................................ ...::††$$&
#@$$$†:~:.                                          .:~:†$$$@#
&&$††~....  MAINLY COLLECTED BY THE LIZARDFOLK OF   ....~††$&&
###&$†:~:.     THE KIRUGU VARGIR DESERT, IN THE     .:~:†$&###
#@@&$†:~:.     UNDERLYING TUNNELS. IT'S USE AND     .:~:†$&@@#
##@&$†:~:.  POSSESSION IS ILLEGAL WITHIN THE CITY.  .:~:†$&@##
&††::~::..                                          ..::~::††&
&†~~~.....                                          .....~~~†&
##@&$†:~:.              ::::::::::::::              .:~:†$&@##
&†:~~:....              : PROPERTIES :              ....:~~:†&
###&$†:~:.              ::::::::::::::              .:~:†$&###
#&&$†::~:.                                          .:~::†$&&#
@&†~~~~~:.    THE HONEY IS A REDDISH AMBER, VERY    .:~~~~~†&@
##@&$†:~:.  VISCOUS (BUT STILL POURABLE). IT SMELLS .:~:†$&@##
#@@&$†:~:.    SLIGHTLY OF EUCALYPTUS, AND HAS A     .:~:†$&@@#
&$†::.....           MOSTLY BITTER TASTE.           .....::†$&
##@&$†:~:.                                          .:~:†$&@##
##@&$†:~:.    IT'S HIGHLY ADDICTIVE, AND POSSESS    .:~:†$&@##
###&$†:~:.       STRONG PSYCHOTROPIC EFFECTS.       .:~:†$&###
##@&$†:~:.                                          .:~:†$&@##
###@$†:~:.                                          .:~:†$@###
@$:::.....              ::::::::::::::              .....:::$@
##@&$†:~:.              : COLLECTION :              .:~:†$&@##
@$††~.....              ::::::::::::::              .....~††$@
#@&$$†:~:.                                          .:~:†$$&@#
##@&$†:~:.    THE HONEY MATERIALIZES IN VACCUUMS    .:~:†$&@##
##@&$†:~:.  WITHIN ANY LABYRINTHINE SPACE. THE MORE .:~:†$&@##
##@&$†:~:.   FOLDED AND AMBIGUOUS, THE FASTER IT    .:~:†$&@##
&†††~.....   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.         ......~:†&
##@&$†:~:.                                          .:~:†$&@##
##@&$†:~:.  MOST SPACES ARE SOMEWHAT MAZELIKE, AND  .:~:†$&@##
###&$†:~:. IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR LIZARDS IN KIRUGU  .:~:†$&###
@$$†:::... VESZELLE CITY TO KEEP A FEW JARS (OFTEN  ...:::†$$@
##@&$†:~:.  HANGED FROM THE CEILING IN METAL CROWNS .:~:†$&@##
##@&$†:~:.  MADE FOR THIS PURPOSE). HOWEVER, THESE  .:~:†$&@##
###@&$:~:.          MAY TAKE WEEKS TO FILL.         .:~:$&@###
&$$$†:~:..                                          ..:~:†$$$&
&$$†:::...                                          ...:::†$$&
##@&$†:~:.              :::::::::::::               .:~:†$&@##
##@&$†:~:.               : AS A DRUG :              .:~:†$&@##
##@&$†:~:.              :::::::::::::               .:~:†$&@##
##@&$†:~:.                                          .:~:†$&@##
##@&$†:~:.              . ONE SPOON .               .:~:†$&@##
#@@&$†:~:.                  .....                   .:~:†$&@@#
@@@&$†:~:.    THE DRUG IS USED BY THE LIZARDS IN    .:~:†$&@@@
##@&$†:~:.    THESE SMALL (BUT OFTEN CONTINUOUS)    .:~:†$&@##
@$$::.....     DOSES. THIS HEIGHTENS THE SENSES     .....::$$@
&†::::....  SOMEWHAT BUT AT THE COST OF A LESSENED  ....::::†&
@&$$†~~...     ABILITY TO MULTI-TASK - CONTEXT      ...~~†$$&@
##@&$†:~:.  SWITCHING MIGHT TAKE LONGER AND BE MORE .:~:†$&@##
@$††~~~~:.                CONFUSING.                .:~~~~††$@
##@&$†:~:.                                          .:~:†$&@##
##@&$†:~:.                                          .:~:†$&@##
@&$:::....             . FOUR SPOONS .              ....:::$&@
&&&†:~....                  .....                   ....~:†&&&
#&†~:.....    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   .....:~††&
##@&$†:~:.   SHARPENED SEVERELY. SLIGHT TELEPATHY   .:~:†$&@##
##@&$†:~:.  (MOSTLY MOODS) WITH OTHER HONEY EATERS. .:~:†$&@##
&&$$::~::.  SENSE OF THIRST DISSAPPEARS. STILL EASY .::~::$$&&
###&$†:~:.      TO MOVE AROUND THE BODY (IF SO      .:~:†$&###
@$:::.....                INCLINED).                .....:::$@
##@&$†:~:.                                          .:~:†$&@##
&&†~......                                          ......~†&&
&$†~......             . SEVEN SPOONS .             ......~†$&
##@&$†:~:.                   .....                  .:~:†$&@##
###@$†:~:. THE HONEY EATER BECOMES UNRESPONSIVE TO  .:~:†$@###
#@&†:::...   NORMAL STIMULI, BUT ABLE TO OVERRIDE   ...:::†&@#
##@&$†:~:.     THEIR OWN SENSES WITH DREAMLIKE      .:~:†$&@##
#@$$††:~:. IMAGERY. SHARING OF THOUGHTS WITH OTHER  .:~:††$$@#
@$†:::....  EATERS, MOOD READING OF THOSE WHO STAY  ....:::†$@
&$:~:.....   SOBER (WORTH NOTING THAT THE THOUGHTS  .....:~:$&
##@&$†:~:.     ARE VERY FRAGMENTED AND HARD TO      .:~:†$&@##
##@&$†:~:.  DECIPHER, UNLESS YOU ARE AT A SIMILAR   .:~:†$&@##
@$†~~.....   LEVEL OF SPOONS). AT THIS POINT THE    .....~~†$@
@@$$†~:...  BODY IS HARD TO MOVE, AND STARTS LOSING ...:~†$$@@
#@&†~~:::.                  WATER.                  .:::~~†&@#
##@&$†:~:.                                          .:~:†$&@##
##@&$†:~:.                                          .:~:†$&@##
&&††:~~~:.        . NINE SPOONS AND ABOVE .         .:~~~:††&&
##@&$†:~:.                   .....                  .:~:†$&@##
##@&$†:~:.   OVERDOSE. BODY LOSING WATER QUICKLY,   .:~:†$&@##
&$†:::....  AND IS COMPLETELY UNABLE TO MOVE. THERE ....:::†$&
###@$†:~:.   IS INTERMITTENT THOUGHT SHARING WITH   .:~:†$@###
##@&$†:~:.          SOBER PERSONS (ALTHOUGH         .:~:†$&@##
&†::......  UNINTELLIGIBLE). MEMEORIES ARE SHARDED  ......::†&
##@&$†:~:.              OR NOT FORMED.              .:~:†$&@##
#&$$$†:~:.                                          .:~:†$$$&#
##@&$†:~:.                                          .:~:†$&@##
&&$:~~....               :::::::::::                ....~~:$&&
#@&†††:~:.                : DANGERS :               .:~:†††&@#
##@&$†:~:.               :::::::::::                .:~:†$&@##
@&†::.....                                          .....::†&@
###&$†:~:.  MOST DEATHS ARE DUE TO LOSS OF WATER -  .:~:†$&###
###@$†:~:.    THIRST IS ONE OF THE LAST SENSES TO   .:~:†$@###
###@&$†:~:  RESTABLE AFTER COMING DOWN, OFTEN GONE  :~:†$&@###
&&&††::::.  FOR UP TO TWENTY FOUR HOURS. AT HIGHER  .::::††&&&
##@&$†:~:.   DOSES IT'S HARD TO MOVE, EVEN IF YOU   .:~:†$&@##
##@&$†:~:.  WOULD REMEMBER DRINKING (WHICH IS ALSO  .:~:†$&@##
##@&$†:~:.   MADE HARDER BY THE ATTENTION FOCUSING  .:~:†$&@##
@@@&$†:~:.        PROPERTIES OF THE HONEY).         .:~:†$&@@@
##@&$†:~:.                                          .:~:†$&@##
##@&$†:~:.   PEOPLE ARE KNOWN TO SUFFER INJURIES    .:~:†$&@##
@$†††~....     FROM BEING STILL IN UNFAVOURABLE     ....~†††$@
#&†::~::..  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. .:~:::†††&
##@&$†:~:.                                          .:~:†$&@##
&†:::..... LASTLY, ALBEIT VERY RARE, IT'S POSSIBLE  .....:::†&
@@&$††:~:.   TO DIE OF PURE OVERDOSE (ON THE SCALE  .:~:††$&@@
@@@&$†:~:.  OF JARS OF HONEY) BEFORE BEING KILLED   .:~:†$&@@@
##@&$†:~:.  BY THIRST. THERE ARE RUMORS THAT THIS   .:~:†$&@##
&††::.....  LEAVES "GHOSTS", WHO WILL STILL SHARE   .....::††&
###&$†:~:.  THEIR THOUGHTS LONG AFTER THEIR BODIES  .:~:†$&###
##@&$†:~:.            ARE DEAD AND GONE.            .:~:†$&@##
###&$†:~:.                                          .:~:†$&###
#@&&$†:~:.                                          .:~:†$&&@#
#@&&$†:~:.                                          .:~:†$&&@#
##@&$†:~:.                                          .:~:†$&@##
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