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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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...#....#. 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. ###.....#.
#.##..###. ..#....###
##.#.#..#. 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 . #.##.....#
#.###..#.# ..... ##.#....#.
##..#.###. 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 . ####......
##...###.# ..... ...#......
.#..#..##. 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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