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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. ,.~/%%#¶##
#%~...,,,, ,,,,...~%#
##¶#%%/~., 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 , ,.~/%%#¶##
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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 , ,.~/%%#¶##
##¶#%%/~., ,,,,, ,.~/%%#¶##
¶¶##%%/~., 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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