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...#...... 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. ....#.##..
.#.##...#. #.....###.
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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. #..#...#..
...#....#. ##..#...#.
....#..... .##..#...#
#....#.... .............. .###..#...
.#....#... . 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. ##...#....
.#.......# .##...#...
..#......# .###...#..
...#...... . 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. ....#.##..
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##...#.##. . DANGERS . ##......#.
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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). .#.......#
.##....... ..#......#
.###...... 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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