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.~~†%@§@##   kobold drug    .~~@~.     is a general ##@§@%†~~.
..~~†%@§@#                 .~%~@†~.    term for any #@§@%†~~..
...~~†%@§@                .~~@~~@~~..     substance @§@%†~~...
....~~†%@§               ..~†§~~§†~~..     that can §@%†~~....
.....~~†%@              ..~~%@~.§%†~~...  transform @%†~~.....
......~~†%             ..~~†%@~.%§%†~~~..           %†~~......
.......~~† ~~~~~~~~††%%@§@%~~..~~%#§@%††~~~~~~..... †~~.......
........~~ ..~~~~~~~††%@§#%~~..~~@@@%%††~~~~~.....  ~~........
.........~ ..~~~~~~~††%%@@§†~..~†@@@%††~~~~~.....   ~.........
.......... ...~~~~~~~††%@§@†~. ~†§§@%††~~~~~....    ..........
.........~ .....~~~~~~†%%§#%~. ~†§§@%†~~~~~....     ~.........
........~~  .....~~~~~††%@§@~. ~†#@%††~~~~....      ~~........
.......~~†   .....~~~~~††%§#†. ~†#@%†~~~~...        †~~.......
......~~†%     ....~~~~~†%@@†~ ~%@@%†~~~...         %†~~......
.....~~†%@      ....~~~~††%§%~ ~%§%†~~~~..          @%†~~.....
....~~†%@§       ....~~~~†%@§~ ~%§%†~~~..           §@%†~~....
...~~†%@§@         ...~~~~†%@†.~§@†~~~..            @§@%†~~...
..~~†%@§@#           ..~~~†%§%.~@%†~~..             #@§@%†~~..
.~~†%@§@##            ...~~†%§.~@%~~..        human ##@§@%†~~.
..~~†%@§@#              ..~~†§~~§†~.. consciousness #@§@%†~~..
...~~†%@§@               ..~~@~~@~~.                @§@%†~~...
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.....~~†%@                  .~@~~.                  @%†~~.....
......~~†%                    ~%                    %†~~......
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........~~    into a kobold-like state. the term    ~~........
.........~   "kobold" can be applied to the state   ~.........
..........   itself, and also to the beings that    ..........
.........~            inhabit this state.           ~.........
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.......~~†              ~~~%@.§@†~~~~.              †~~.......
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.....~~†%@     ~~~~††††††††~~ ~~†††††††††~~~~~~~    @%†~~.....
....~~†%@§ ~~~~~~†††††††~~~~. .~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ §@%†~~....
...~~†%@§@ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. ..~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @§@%†~~...
..~~†%@§@# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.. ...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #@§@%†~~..
.~~†%@§@## ~~~~~~~~~~~~~.....  .....~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ##@§@%†~~.
..~~†%@§@# ~~~~~~~~~~~.....     .......~~~~~~~~~~~~ #@§@%†~~..
...~~†%@§@ ~~~~~~~~.......        ........~~~~~~~~~ @§@%†~~...
....~~†%@§ ~~~~~.........   the    ...........~~~~~ §@%†~~....
.....~~†%@ ~~~.........   classic   .............~~ @%†~~.....
......~~†%                example                   %†~~......
.......~~†   of kobold drug is the liquid that are  †~~.......
........~~  produced by mixing kynurenic acid with  ~~........
.........~ ascorbic acid. however, there are other  ~.........
..........                 options.                 ..........
.........~                                          ~.........
........~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~........
.......~~† ~  it  is   worth  noting  that  not   ~ †~~.......
......~~†% ~ every  kobold-like state  is due  to ~ %†~~......
.....~~†%@ ~  a  kobold  drug.  many are  just a  ~ @%†~~.....
....~~†%@§ ~  result  of  the human  mind  being  ~ §@%†~~....
...~~†%@§@ ~  tricked  into  a  certain   state,  ~ @§@%†~~...
..~~†%@§@# ~    such     as    lucid dreaming.    ~ #@§@%†~~..
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