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£¤*†:«:... the kirugu vargir desert, in the ...:«:†*¤£
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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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#£¤*†:«:.. 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 .:«:†*¤£##
#£¤*†:«:.. 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 . ...:«:†*¤£
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##£¤*†:«:. overdose. body losing water quickly, .:«:†*¤£##
#£¤*†:«:.. and is completely unable to move. there ..:«:†*¤£#
£¤*†:«:... is intermittent thought sharing with ...:«:†*¤£
¤*†:«:.... sober persons (although ....:«:†*¤
£¤*†:«:... unintelligible). memeories are sharded ...:«:†*¤£
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#£¤*†:«:.. 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 ..:«:†*¤£#
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¤*†:«:.... people are known to suffer injuries ....:«:†*¤
£¤*†:«:... from being still in unfavourable ...:«:†*¤£
#£¤*†:«:.. climates for too long, sometimes to the ..:«:†*¤£#
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#£¤*†:«:.. 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 ..:«:†*¤£#
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