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¨:«/†#¶@##                                          ##@¶#†/«:¨
¨:«/†%#¶@#                                          #@¶#%†/«:¨
¨¨¨«««†%##                                          ##%†«««¨¨¨
¨:«//†%%#@                                          @#%%†//«:¨
¨:«/†%#¶¶¶  the honey is a condensation of a thick  ¶¶¶#%†/«:¨
¨:«/†%#¶##      liquid, inherent to all mazes.      ##¶#%†/«:¨
¨¨¨::«†%%¶                                          ¶%%†«::¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:«†%#@ ######################################## @#%†«:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:/%# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #%/:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨«††#                                          #††«¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨:«/†%#¶##  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.       ##%%%†/«:¨
¨:«/††%###                                          ###%††/«:¨
¨:«/†%%#¶@                                          @¶#%%†/«:¨
¨:«/†%#¶##              ::::::::::::::              ##¶#%†/«:¨
¨:«««««†#@              : 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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