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@***^«¨¨¨¨ THE HONEY IS A CONDENSATION OF A THICK ¨¨¨¨«^***@
##@@%*^«^¨ LIQUID, INHERENT TO ALL MAZES. ¨^«^*%@@##
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##@@%*^«^¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨^«^*%@@##
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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. ¨¨¨^^**%@@
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##@@%*^«^¨ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ¨^«^*%@@##
@@@@%*^«^¨ ^ PROPERTIES ^ ¨^«^*%@@@@
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@@@%^^^«^¨ THE HONEY IS A REDDISH AMBER, VERY ¨^«^^^%@@@
@%%^^¨¨¨¨¨ VISCOUS (BUT STILL POURABLE). IT SMELLS ¨¨¨¨¨^^%%@
#@%***^«^¨ SLIGHTLY OF EUCALYPTUS, AND HAS A ¨^«^***%@#
@%^«¨¨¨¨¨¨ MOSTLY BITTER TASTE. ¨¨¨¨¨¨«^%@
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#@@@%*^«^¨ IT'S HIGHLY ADDICTIVE, AND POSSESS ¨^«^*%@@@#
@%%*«^¨¨¨¨ STRONG PSYCHOTROPIC EFFECTS. ¨¨¨¨^«*%%@
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###@@%*^^¨ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ¨^^*%@@###
##@@%*^«^¨ ^ 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. ¨^«^^^*@@#
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##@@%*^«^¨ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ¨^«^*%@@##
##@@%*^«^¨ ^ AS A DRUG ^ ¨^«^*%@@##
@@*^^^¨¨¨¨ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ¨¨¨¨^^^*@@
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@%^^«¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ ONE SPOON ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨«^^%@
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###@%*^«^¨ 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. ¨^«^*%@@##
##@@%*^«^¨ ¨^«^*%@@##
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#@@%%*^«^¨ ¨ FOUR SPOONS ¨ ¨^«^*%%@@#
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@@*^^^¨¨¨¨ 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). ¨^«^**%%@@
@@%*^«^¨¨¨ ¨¨¨^«^*%@@
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##@@%*^«^¨ ¨ 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. ¨^«^*%@@##
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###@%*^«^¨ ¨ NINE SPOONS AND ABOVE ¨ ¨^«^*%@###
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@**^^^^¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨««**%@
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@@@@%*^«^¨ ^^^^^^^^^^^ ¨^«^*%@@@@
@*«^^¨¨¨¨¨ ^ DANGERS ^ ¨¨¨¨¨^^«*@
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@%****^«^¨ ¨^«^****%@
@@%%^^^^¨¨ 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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