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.##.##.##. the honey is a condensation of a thick .#.####..#
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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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.#.###.#.# 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 . #...##..#.
.#.##.#.#. ..... ##..#.#.##
####.##### 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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..##.##.## 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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