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###@£*/«:. within any labyrinthine space. the more .:«/*£@###
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#@£**««... 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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#@@£**/«:. 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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£**/«:.... doses. this heightens the senses ....:«/**£
@££*«:.... somewhat but at the cost of a lessened ....:«*££@
###@**/«:. ability to multi-task - context .:«/**@###
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##@£**/«:. 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 .....:/*££
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##@£**/«:. . seven spoons . .:«/**£@##
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#££***/«:. 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 ....::«**£
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##@£**/«:. decipher, unless you are at a similar .:«/**£@##
##@£**/«:. level of spoons). at this point the .:«/**£@##
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#£****/«:. 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 .:«/*£@###
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##@£**/«:. 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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#££*«..... to die of pure overdose (on the scale .....«*££#
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@£££**/«:. by thirst. there are rumors that this .:«/**£££@
#@£*///«:. leaves "ghosts", who will still share .:«///*£@#
#@***««:.. their thoughts long after their bodies ..:««***@#
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