..&&&&.... .&....&..&
&.&...&... .&&...&&.&
.&&&..&&.. &&.&..&.&&
&&..&.&.&. &.&&&.&&&.
&.&.&&&&&& &&&..&&..&
.&&&&..... 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. .&.&&.&.&&
..&...&... .&&&.&&&&.
..&&..&&.. .&..&&...&
&.&.&.&.&. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, &&&.&.&..&
.&&&&&&&&& , 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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