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&.&&&.&&.& .&&..&..&.
&&&..&&.&& THE HONEY IS A CONDENSATION OF A THICK &&.&.&&.&&
...&.&.&&. LIQUID, INHERENT TO ALL MAZES. ..&&&&.&&.
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.&.&&...&. ........................................ &&..&.&&&.
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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. &.&.&..&..
....&.&.&. .&&&&&.&&.
....&&&&&& .&....&&.&
&...&..... ::::::::::::: .&&...&.&&
.&..&&.... : 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. .&..&&...&
&.&...&&.. &&&.&.&..&
.&&&..&.&. ...&&&&&.&
&&..&.&&&& ::::::::::: ...&....&&
..&.&&&... : DANGERS : ...&&...&.
..&&&..&.. ::::::::::: &..&.&..&&
&.&..&.&&. &&.&&&&.&.
&&&&.&&&.& 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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