...~\\^¤¤@ @¤¤^\\~...
....,~^¤¤# #¤¤^~,....
.,~\^¤¤#@# #@#¤¤^\~,.
.,~\^¤¤#@# #@#¤¤^\~,.
.......~^¤ ¤^~.......
.,,~~\^^¤¤ 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. #@#¤¤^\~,.
.,~\^¤¤#@@ @@#¤¤^\~,.
.,~\^¤¤@## ##@¤¤^\~,.
.,~\^¤¤#@# ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, #@#¤¤^\~,.
...,~~\^¤# , 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. #¤\~~,,,,.
......,\¤# #¤\,......
.,,~~^^^¤@ @¤^^^~~,,.
.,~\\\¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤\\\~,.
...,,\^^^¤ ¤^^^\,,...
.......~^¤ ¤^~.......
.,~\^¤¤#@@ @@#¤¤^\~,.