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££%:=¨¨¨¨¨     underlying tunnels. it's use and     ¨¨¨¨¨=:%££
##£§%%:=-¨  possession is illegal within the city.  ¨-=:%%§£##
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#§%%%=-¨¨¨    the honey is a reddish amber, very    ¨¨¨-=%%%§#
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##£§%%:=-¨    the honey materializes in vaccuums    ¨-=:%%§£##
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#££§%%:=-¨   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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##£§%%:=-¨    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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##£§%%:=-¨ the honey eater becomes unresponsive to  ¨-=:%%§£##
#§§§%%:=-¨   normal stimuli, but able to override   ¨-=:%%§§§#
##£§%%:=-¨     their own senses with dreamlike      ¨-=:%%§£##
##£§%%:=-¨  imagery. sharing of thoughts with other ¨-=:%%§£##
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##£§%%:=-¨   sober (worth noting that the thoughts  ¨-=:%%§£##
##£§%%:=-¨     are very fragmented and hard to      ¨-=:%%§£##
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#£§%%%:=-¨    level of spoons). at this point the   ¨-=:%%%§£#
##£§%%:=-¨ body is hard to move, and starts losing  ¨-=:%%§£##
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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   ¨-=:%§£###
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§%%=-¨¨¨¨¨  unintelligible). memeories are sharded  ¨¨¨¨¨-=%%§
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##£§%%:=-¨  most deaths are due to loss of water -  ¨-=:%%§£##
##£§%%:=-¨   thirst is one of the last senses to    ¨-=:%%§£##
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#££§%%:=-¨  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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##£§%%:=-¨     from being still in unfavourable     ¨-=:%%§£##
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##£§%%:=-¨     point of death. another danger is    ¨-=:%%§£##
§§§%%=¨¨¨¨    actually locomotion of the body...    ¨¨¨¨=%%§§§
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##£§%%:=-¨ 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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