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#&&§^«..¨¨  THE HONEY IS A CONDENSATION OF A THICK  ¨¨..«^§&&#
###&§$^«.¨      LIQUID, INHERENT TO ALL MAZES.      ¨.«^$§&###
#§$«¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨«$§#
&§^.¨¨¨¨¨¨ ######################################## ¨¨¨¨¨¨.^§&
###&§$^«.¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨.«^$§&###
####&§^«.¨                                          ¨.«^§&####
###&§$^«.¨   MAINLY COLLECTED BY THE LIZARDFOLK OF  ¨.«^$§&###
&$^««¨¨¨¨¨     THE KIRUGU VARGIR DESERT, IN THE     ¨¨¨¨¨««^$&
###&§$^«.¨     UNDERLYING TUNNELS. IT'S USE AND     ¨.«^$§&###
###&§$^«.¨  POSSESSION IS ILLEGAL WITHIN THE CITY.  ¨.«^$§&###
&&&§^^..¨¨                                          ¨¨..^^§&&&
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###&§$^«.¨              ..............              ¨.«^$§&###
#&§$^^^«.¨              . PROPERTIES .              ¨.«^^^$§&#
&&§§^^^«.¨              ..............              ¨.«^^^§§&&
###&§$^«.¨                                          ¨.«^$§&###
&§^«¨¨¨¨¨¨    THE HONEY IS A REDDISH AMBER, VERY    ¨¨¨¨¨¨«^§&
#&$$^.¨¨¨¨  VISCOUS (BUT STILL POURABLE). IT SMELLS ¨¨¨¨.^$$&#
#&$$^.¨¨¨¨     SLIGHTLY OF EUCALYPTUS, AND HAS A    ¨¨¨¨.^$$&#
###&§$^«.¨           MOSTLY BITTER TASTE.           ¨.«^$§&###
###&§$^«.¨                                          ¨.«^$§&###
###&§$^«.¨    IT'S HIGHLY ADDICTIVE, AND POSSESS    ¨.«^$§&###
&§$$$$^«.¨       STRONG PSYCHOTROPIC EFFECTS.       ¨.«^$$$$§&
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&&&§§$^«.¨              ..............              ¨.«^$§§&&&
###&§$^«.¨              . COLLECTION .              ¨.«^$§&###
#§^«..¨¨¨¨              ..............              ¨¨¨¨..«^§#
&&$$$$^«.¨                                          ¨.«^$$$$&&
###&§$^«.¨    THE HONEY MATERIALIZES IN VACCUUMS    ¨.«^$§&###
#&§^.¨¨¨¨¨  WITHIN ANY LABYRINTHINE SPACE. THE MORE ¨¨¨¨¨.^§&#
####§$^«.¨    FOLDED AND AMBIGUOUS, THE FASTER IT   ¨.«^$§####
##&$$«.¨¨¨   EMERGES. THE CAVERNOUS SYSTEMS UNDER   ¨¨¨.«$$&##
###&§$^«.¨     THE DESERT OF KIRUGU SERVES THIS     ¨.«^$§&###
&§$««¨¨¨¨¨   PURPOSE VERY WELL - THE LIZARDS USE    ¨¨¨¨¨««$§&
###&§$^«.¨  PUMPS TO EMPTY SMALL BOXES OR JARS OF   ¨.«^$§&###
###&§$^«.¨  AIR, WHICH THEN ARE LEFT OVERNIGHT AND  ¨.«^$§&###
###&§$^«.¨         HARVESTED THE NEXT DAY.          ¨.«^$§&###
&§^^^.¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨.^^^§&
#&§$^..¨¨¨  MOST SPACES ARE SOMEWHAT MAZELIKE, AND  ¨¨¨..^$§&#
###&§$^«.¨  IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR LIZARDS IN KIRUGU ¨.«^$§&###
###&§$^«.¨ VESZELLE CITY TO KEEP A FEW JARS (OFTEN  ¨.«^$§&###
###&§$^«.¨ HANGED FROM THE CEILING IN METAL CROWNS  ¨.«^$§&###
###&§$^«.¨  MADE FOR THIS PURPOSE). HOWEVER, THESE  ¨.«^$§&###
###&§$^«.¨          MAY TAKE WEEKS TO FILL.         ¨.«^$§&###
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###&§$^«.¨               . AS A DRUG .              ¨.«^$§&###
###&§$^«.¨               .............              ¨.«^$§&###
&§^^^.¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨.^^^§&
###&§$^«.¨              ¨ ONE SPOON ¨               ¨.«^$§&###
#&§$$$^«.¨                  ¨¨¨¨¨                   ¨.«^$$$§&#
#&$$$««..¨    THE DRUG IS USED BY THE LIZARDS IN    ¨..««$$$&#
&$^«.¨¨¨¨¨    THESE SMALL (BUT OFTEN CONTINUOUS)    ¨¨¨¨¨.«^$&
####&$^«.¨     DOSES. THIS HEIGHTENS THE SENSES     ¨.«^$&####
####§$^«.¨  SOMEWHAT BUT AT THE COST OF A LESSENED  ¨.«^$§####
&§^..¨¨¨¨¨      ABILITY TO MULTI-TASK - CONTEXT     ¨¨¨¨¨..^§&
###&§$^«.¨  SWITCHING MIGHT TAKE LONGER AND BE MORE ¨.«^$§&###
###&§$^«.¨                CONFUSING.                ¨.«^$§&###
##§^^.¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨.^^§##
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###&§$^«.¨             ¨ FOUR SPOONS ¨              ¨.«^$§&###
#§$^..¨¨¨¨                  ¨¨¨¨¨                   ¨¨¨¨..^$§#
#§$«.¨¨¨¨¨    MULTITASKING BECOMES VERY HARD (THE   ¨¨¨¨¨.«$§#
###&§$^«.¨   THOUGHT DOES NOT OCCUR). SENSES MORE   ¨.«^$§&###
###&§$^«.¨    ACUTE BUT "UNIMPORTANT" (IGNORED).    ¨.«^$§&###
#&§$««««.¨  INNER PERCEPTIONS TAKE THE UPPER HAND,  ¨.««««$§&#
###&§$^«.¨   ABSTRACTION AND MEMORY FACULTIES ARE   ¨.«^$§&###
##§^^«.¨¨¨   SHARPENED SEVERELY. SLIGHT TELEPATHY   ¨¨¨.«^^§##
#&$^..¨¨¨¨ (MOSTLY MOODS) WITH OTHER HONEY EATERS.  ¨¨¨¨..^$&#
#&$^^«.¨¨¨  SENSE OF THIRST DISSAPPEARS. STILL EASY ¨¨¨.«^^$&#
##§^.¨¨¨¨¨      TO MOVE AROUND THE BODY (IF SO      ¨¨¨¨¨.^§##
###&§$^«.¨                INCLINED).                ¨.«^$§&###
###&§$^«.¨                                          ¨.«^$§&###
###&§$^«.¨                                          ¨.«^$§&###
###&§$^«.¨             ¨ SEVEN SPOONS ¨             ¨.«^$§&###
#§§$$$^«.¨                  ¨¨¨¨¨                   ¨.«^$$$§§#
#§$«.¨¨¨¨¨ THE HONEY EATER BECOMES UNRESPONSIVE TO  ¨¨¨¨¨.«$§#
##&&§$^«.¨   NORMAL STIMULI, BUT ABLE TO OVERRIDE   ¨.«^$§&&##
#&&$$$^«.¨      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  ¨.«^$$§§§&
###&§$^«.¨                  WATER.                  ¨.«^$§&###
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#§$««¨¨¨¨¨        ¨ NINE SPOONS AND ABOVE ¨         ¨¨¨¨¨««$§#
&&§§^..¨¨¨                  ¨¨¨¨¨                   ¨¨¨..^§§&&
###&§$^«.¨   OVERDOSE. BODY LOSING WATER QUICKLY,   ¨.«^$§&###
##§^.¨¨¨¨¨ AND IS COMPLETELY UNABLE TO MOVE. THERE  ¨¨¨¨¨.^§##
###&§$^«.¨   IS INTERMITTENT THOUGHT SHARING WITH   ¨.«^$§&###
###&§$^«.¨          SOBER PERSONS (ALTHOUGH         ¨.«^$§&###
&§$^^.¨¨¨¨  UNINTELLIGIBLE). MEMEORIES ARE SHARDED  ¨¨¨¨.^^$§&
###&§$^«.¨              OR NOT FORMED.              ¨.«^$§&###
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#§§^.¨¨¨¨¨               . DANGERS .                ¨¨¨¨¨.^§§#
##§^«¨¨¨¨¨               ...........                ¨¨¨¨¨«^§##
&§^«¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨«^§&
###&§$^«.¨  MOST DEATHS ARE DUE TO LOSS OF WATER -  ¨.«^$§&###
#&&&§$^«.¨   THIRST IS ONE OF THE LAST SENSES TO    ¨.«^$§&&&#
####&§$^«.  RESTABLE AFTER COMING DOWN, OFTEN GONE  .«^$§&####
###&§$^«.¨  FOR UP TO TWENTY FOUR HOURS. AT HIGHER  ¨.«^$§&###
###&§$^«.¨   DOSES IT'S HARD TO MOVE, EVEN IF YOU   ¨.«^$§&###
####§$^«.¨  WOULD REMEMBER DRINKING (WHICH IS ALSO  ¨.«^$§####
###&§$^«.¨   MADE HARDER BY THE ATTENTION FOCUSING  ¨.«^$§&###
&&§^«¨¨¨¨¨        PROPERTIES OF THE HONEY).         ¨¨¨¨¨«^§&&
#&§§$^..¨¨                                          ¨¨..^$§§&#
###&§$^«.¨    PEOPLE ARE KNOWN TO SUFFER INJURIES   ¨.«^$§&###
&$^..¨¨¨¨¨     FROM BEING STILL IN UNFAVOURABLE     ¨¨¨¨¨..^$&
###&§$^«.¨  CLIMATES FOR TOO LONG, SOMETIMES TO THE ¨.«^$§&###
###&§$^«.¨     POINT OF DEATH. ANOTHER DANGER IS    ¨.«^$§&###
&$$^.¨¨¨¨¨    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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&§$^^««..¨                                          ¨..««^^$§&
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#§^.¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨.^§#