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¨^~;*¤¤££¶ the honey is a condensation of a thick ¶££¤¤*;~^¨
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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. ¶£*~¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨^^;¤¤£ the honey is a reddish amber, very £¤¤;^^¨¨¨¨
¨^~;*¤£££¶ viscous (but still pourable). it smells ¶£££¤*;~^¨
¨^~;*¤£¶## slightly of eucalyptus, and has a ##¶£¤*;~^¨
¨^~;*¤£¶## mostly bitter taste. ##¶£¤*;~^¨
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¨^~;*¤£¶## it's highly addictive, and possess ##¶£¤*;~^¨
¨^~;*¤£¶## strong psychotropic effects. ##¶£¤*;~^¨
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¨^~;*¤£¶## ^ collection ^ ##¶£¤*;~^¨
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¨^~;*£¶### 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. ¶¶¤;~¨¨¨¨¨
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¨^~;*¤£¶## 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. #£¤¤*;~~^¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨^;¤£ ^ as a drug ^ £¤;^¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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. £¤*;^¨¨¨¨¨
¨^~;*¤£¶## ##¶£¤*;~^¨
¨^~;*¤£¶## ##¶£¤*;~^¨
¨^~;*¤£¶## ¨ four spoons ¨ ##¶£¤*;~^¨
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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, ¶¤¤¤;~^^¨¨
¨^~;*¤£¶## 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). ¶¤¤¤¤*;~^¨
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¨^~~~~*££¶ ¨ 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. £££*~~¨¨¨¨
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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 ##¶£¤*;~^¨
¨^^^~**££¶ 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). £¤¤;~¨¨¨¨¨
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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 ##¶£¤*;~^¨
¨^~;*¤¤£££ their thoughts long after their bodies £££¤¤*;~^¨
¨^~;*¤£¶## are dead and gone. ##¶£¤*;~^¨
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