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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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