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§%%««¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨««%%§
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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 :              ¨¨¨¨:;%%@#
##@§%%;«:¨              ::::::::::::::              ¨:«;%%§@##
##@§%%;«:¨                                          ¨:«;%%§@##
@§%;:¨¨¨¨¨    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.         ¨:«;%%§@@@
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@%;«¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨«;%@
###@§%;«:¨               :::::::::::::              ¨:«;%§@###
§§%;;«:¨¨¨              : 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.              ¨:«;%%@###
#§%%;;;«:¨                                          ¨:«;;;%%§#
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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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