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.#.#.#.#.#    into a kobold-like state. the term    #.#.#.##.#
.#.#.#.#..   "kobold" can be applied to the state   #.#.#..#.#
.#.#.#.#.#   itself, and also to the beings that    #.#.#.##.#
.#.#.#.#..           inhabit this state.            #.#.#..#.#
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.#.#.#.#.. ,,,.........   classic   .............,, #.#.#..#.#
.#.#.#.#.#                example                   #.#.#.##.#
.#.#.#.#..   of kobold drug is the liquid that are  #.#.#..#.#
.#.#.#.#.#  produced by mixing kynurenic acid with  #.#.#.##.#
.#.#.#.#..  ascorbic acid. however, there are other #.#.#..#.#
.#.#.#.#.#                 options.                 #.#.#.##.#
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.#.#.#.#.# ~ every  kobold-like state  is  due to ~ #.#.#.##.#
.#.#.#.#.. ~  a  kobold drug.  many  are  just a  ~ #.#.#..#.#
.#.#.#.#.# ~  result  of  the  human  mind being  ~ #.#.#.##.#
.#.#.#.#.. ~   tricked  into  a  certain  state,  ~ #.#.#..#.#
.#.#.#.#.# ~    such    as    lucid dreaming.     ~ #.#.#.##.#
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