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#¤$$*~^... THE HONEY IS A CONDENSATION OF A THICK ...^~*$$¤#
##¤$$*~^.. LIQUID, INHERENT TO ALL MAZES. ..^~*$$¤##
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$$*~^..... MAINLY COLLECTED BY THE LIZARDFOLK OF .....^~*$$
$*~^...... THE KIRUGU VARGIR DESERT, IN THE ......^~*$
$$*~^..... UNDERLYING TUNNELS. IT'S USE AND .....^~*$$
¤$$*~^.... POSSESSION IS ILLEGAL WITHIN THE CITY. ....^~*$$¤
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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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$$*~^..... ^ COLLECTION ^ .....^~*$$
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¤$$*~^.... THE HONEY MATERIALIZES IN VACCUUMS ....^~*$$¤
#¤$$*~^... WITHIN ANY LABYRINTHINE SPACE. THE MORE ...^~*$$¤#
##¤$$*~^.. FOLDED AND AMBIGUOUS, THE FASTER IT ..^~*$$¤##
###¤$$*~^. EMERGES. THE CAVERNOUS SYSTEMS UNDER .^~*$$¤###
##¤$$*~^.. THE DESERT OF KIRUGU SERVES THIS ..^~*$$¤##
#¤$$*~^... PURPOSE VERY WELL - THE LIZARDS USE ...^~*$$¤#
¤$$*~^.... PUMPS TO EMPTY SMALL BOXES OR JARS OF ....^~*$$¤
$$*~^..... AIR, WHICH THEN ARE LEFT OVERNIGHT AND .....^~*$$
$*~^...... HARVESTED THE NEXT DAY. ......^~*$
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¤$$*~^.... MOST SPACES ARE SOMEWHAT MAZELIKE, AND ....^~*$$¤
#¤$$*~^... IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR LIZARDS IN KIRUGU ...^~*$$¤#
##¤$$*~^.. VESZELLE CITY TO KEEP A FEW JARS (OFTEN ..^~*$$¤##
###¤$$*~^. HANGED FROM THE CEILING IN METAL CROWNS .^~*$$¤###
##¤$$*~^.. MADE FOR THIS PURPOSE). HOWEVER, THESE ..^~*$$¤##
#¤$$*~^... MAY TAKE WEEKS TO FILL. ...^~*$$¤#
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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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$$*~^..... . SEVEN SPOONS . .....^~*$$
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$$*~^..... THE HONEY EATER BECOMES UNRESPONSIVE TO .....^~*$$
¤$$*~^.... NORMAL STIMULI, BUT ABLE TO OVERRIDE ....^~*$$¤
#¤$$*~^... THEIR OWN SENSES WITH DREAMLIKE ...^~*$$¤#
##¤$$*~^.. IMAGERY. SHARING OF THOUGHTS WITH OTHER ..^~*$$¤##
###¤$$*~^. EATERS, MOOD READING OF THOSE WHO STAY .^~*$$¤###
##¤$$*~^.. SOBER (WORTH NOTING THAT THE THOUGHTS ..^~*$$¤##
#¤$$*~^... ARE VERY FRAGMENTED AND HARD TO ...^~*$$¤#
¤$$*~^.... DECIPHER, UNLESS YOU ARE AT A SIMILAR ....^~*$$¤
$$*~^..... LEVEL OF SPOONS). AT THIS POINT THE .....^~*$$
$*~^...... BODY IS HARD TO MOVE, AND STARTS LOSING ......^~*$
$$*~^..... WATER. .....^~*$$
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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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¤$$*~^.... MOST DEATHS ARE DUE TO LOSS OF WATER - ....^~*$$¤
$$*~^..... THIRST IS ONE OF THE LAST SENSES TO .....^~*$$
$*~^...... RESTABLE AFTER COMING DOWN, OFTEN GONE ......^~*$
$$*~^..... FOR UP TO TWENTY FOUR HOURS. AT HIGHER .....^~*$$
¤$$*~^.... DOSES IT'S HARD TO MOVE, EVEN IF YOU ....^~*$$¤
#¤$$*~^... WOULD REMEMBER DRINKING (WHICH IS ALSO ...^~*$$¤#
##¤$$*~^.. MADE HARDER BY THE ATTENTION FOCUSING ..^~*$$¤##
###¤$$*~^. PROPERTIES OF THE HONEY). .^~*$$¤###
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#¤$$*~^... PEOPLE ARE KNOWN TO SUFFER INJURIES ...^~*$$¤#
¤$$*~^.... FROM BEING STILL IN UNFAVOURABLE ....^~*$$¤
$$*~^..... CLIMATES FOR TOO LONG, SOMETIMES TO THE .....^~*$$
$*~^...... POINT OF DEATH. ANOTHER DANGER IS ......^~*$
$$*~^..... ACTUALLY LOCOMOTION OF THE BODY... .....^~*$$
¤$$*~^.... WALKING AROUND IS STILL SOMEWHAT ....^~*$$¤
#¤$$*~^... POSSIBLE AFTER LOSING SIGHT, WHICH HAVE ...^~*$$¤#
##¤$$*~^.. LEAD TO SEVEAL FALLS. ADDITIONALLY, ..^~*$$¤##
###¤$$*~^. ROBBERIES OF THE INTOXICATED ARE COMMON. .^~*$$¤###
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#¤$$*~^... LASTLY, ALBEIT VERY RARE, IT'S POSSIBLE ...^~*$$¤#
¤$$*~^.... TO DIE OF PURE OVERDOSE (ON THE SCALE ....^~*$$¤
$$*~^..... OF JARS OF HONEY) BEFORE BEING KILLED .....^~*$$
$*~^...... BY THIRST. THERE ARE RUMORS THAT THIS ......^~*$
$$*~^..... LEAVES "GHOSTS", WHO WILL STILL SHARE .....^~*$$
¤$$*~^.... THEIR THOUGHTS LONG AFTER THEIR BODIES ....^~*$$¤
#¤$$*~^... ARE DEAD AND GONE. ...^~*$$¤#
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