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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 ...,«:=&
&&&&$=:«,. HARVESTED THE NEXT DAY. .,«:=$&&&&
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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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#$:,,,,... . ONE SPOON . ...,,,,:$#
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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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####$=:«,. . FOUR SPOONS . .,«:=$####
###&$=:«,. ..... .,«:=$##
##$$$=:«,. MULTITASKING BECOMES VERY HARD (THE .,«:=$$$##
###&$=:«,. THOUGHT DOES NOT OCCUR). SENSES MORE .,«:=$##
###&$=:«,. ACUTE BUT "UNIMPORTANT" (IGNORED). .,«:=$##
###&$=:«,. INNER PERCEPTIONS TAKE THE UPPER HAND, .,«:=$##
###&$=:«,. ABSTRACTION AND MEMORY FACULTIES ARE .,«:=$##
###&$=:«,. SHARPENED SEVERELY. SLIGHT TELEPATHY .,«:=$##
###&$=:«,. (MOSTLY MOODS) WITH OTHER HONEY EATERS. .,«:=$##
#&$=«««,,. SENSE OF THIRST DISSAPPEARS. STILL EASY .,,«««=$
###&$=:«,. TO MOVE AROUND THE BODY (IF SO .,«:=$##
&$:,...... INCLINED). ......,:$&
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####&$=:,. . SEVEN SPOONS . .,:=$###
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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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###&$=:«,. OVERDOSE. BODY LOSING WATER QUICKLY, .,«:=$##
###&$=:«,. AND IS COMPLETELY UNABLE TO MOVE. THERE .,«:=$##
#$===««... IS INTERMITTENT THOUGHT SHARING WITH ...««===$#
###&$=:«,. SOBER PERSONS (ALTHOUGH .,«:=$##
###&$=:«,. UNINTELLIGIBLE). MEMEORIES ARE SHARDED .,«:=$##
###&$=:«,. OR NOT FORMED. .,«:=$##
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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 ..,,,,:=
###&$=:«,. MADE HARDER BY THE ATTENTION FOCUSING .,«:=$##
###&$=:«,. PROPERTIES OF THE HONEY). .,«:=$##
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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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