.........& &&...&.&&.
.........& ..&..&&&.&
&........& ..&&.&..&&
.&.......& &.&.&&&.&.
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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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