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.##.###... THE HONEY IS A CONDENSATION OF A THICK #.#...####
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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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#.#.##..#. 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. ...##.###.
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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 . #..#..###.
#.##...##. ..... ##.##.#..#
.##.#..#.# 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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.###....#. . 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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##.#.##.#. 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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.##.##..#. 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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