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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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