...^~/*§§# #§§*/~^...
....^~/*§§ §§*/~^....
.....^~/*§ §*/~^.....
....^~/*§§ §§*/~^....
...^~/*§§# #§§*/~^...
..^~/*§§## THE HONEY IS A CONDENSATION OF A THICK ##§§*/~^..
.^~/*§§### LIQUID, INHERENT TO ALL MAZES. ###§§*/~^.
..^~/*§§## ##§§*/~^..
...^~/*§§# ######################################## #§§*/~^...
....^~/*§§ ........................................ §§*/~^....
.....^~/*§ §*/~^.....
....^~/*§§ 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. ##§§*/~^..
...^~/*§§# #§§*/~^...
....^~/*§§ §§*/~^....
.....^~/*§ §*/~^.....
....^~/*§§ §§*/~^....
...^~/*§§# #§§*/~^...
..^~/*§§## ##§§*/~^..