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....&.&..& &&&....&&.
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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. .&&&..&.&&
&&.....&&. .&..&.&&&.
&.&....&.& .&&.&&&..&
.&&&...&&& :::::::::::::: &&.&&..&.&
&&..&..&.. : 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. ..&&&&&.&.
&&.&&..&.& &.&....&&&
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..&.&&&&.. :::::::::::::: .&..&..&&.
..&&&...&. : 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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