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