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#@£&£*\~:¨ viscous (but still pourable). it smells ¨:~\*£&£@#
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#@£&£*\~:¨ mostly bitter taste. ¨:~\*£&£@#
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&*~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨::\*&£
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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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&*\:¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨:~\*£&£@#
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££££*\:¨¨¨ multitasking becomes very hard (the ¨¨¨:\*££££
@££&£*\~:¨ thought does not occur). senses more ¨:~\*£&££@
@£&&£*\~:¨ acute but "unimportant" (ignored). ¨:~\*£&&£@
£££**~:¨¨¨ inner perceptions take the upper hand, ¨¨¨:~**£££
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£££***\~:¨ 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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££*~¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨:~\*****&
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@@£&£*\~:¨ overdose. body losing water quickly, ¨:~\*£&£@@
#@£&£*\~:¨ and is completely unable to move. there ¨:~\*£&£@#
@££&£*\~:¨ is intermittent thought sharing with ¨:~\*£&££@
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@@£&£*\~:¨ unintelligible). memeories are sharded ¨:~\*£&£@@
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&£**\~~:¨¨ most deaths are due to loss of water - ¨¨:~~\**£&
&**~¨¨¨¨¨¨ thirst is one of the last senses to ¨¨¨¨¨¨~**&
&&&££*\~:¨ restable after coming down, often gone ¨:~\*££&&&
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#@£&£*\~:¨ 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). ¨:~\*£&£@#
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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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#@£&£*\~:¨ 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 ¨:~\*£&@##
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