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