&&....&..& ..&.&.&.&.
.&...&&.&& .&&&&&&&&&
&&..&.&&.& &........&
.&.&&&.&&. &.......&.
&&&..&&.&. &......&&.
..&.&.&&&. 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. ...&.&&&&&
.&&.&&..&& ..&&&.....
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