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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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¨¨¨¨~††$$#    the honey materializes in vaccuums    #$$††~¨¨¨¨
¨~-†$$£#@@  within any labyrinthine space. the more @@#£$$†-~¨
¨¨¨~††$££#    folded and ambiguous, the faster it   #££$††~¨¨¨
¨~-†$$£#@@   emerges. the cavernous systems under   @@#£$$†-~¨
¨~-†$$#@##     the desert of kirugu serves this     ##@#$$†-~¨
¨~-†$$£#@#   purpose very well - the lizards use    #@#£$$†-~¨
¨~-†$$£#@@   pumps to empty small boxes or jars of  @@#£$$†-~¨
¨¨¨¨~-††$£  air, which then are left overnight and  £$††-~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨-†††$£#         harvested the next day.          #£$†††-¨¨¨
¨~-†$$£###                                          ###£$$†-~¨
¨~-†$$£#@#  most spaces are somewhat mazelike, and  #@#£$$†-~¨
¨~-†$$£#@@ it's not uncommon for lizards in kirugu  @@#£$$†-~¨
¨~-†$$#@## veszelle city to keep a few jars (often  ##@#$$†-~¨
¨~-†$$#@## hanged from the ceiling in metal crowns  ##@#$$†-~¨
¨~~-††$$$£  made for this purpose). however, these  £$$$††-~~¨
¨~-†$$£#@#         may take weeks to fill.          #@#£$$†-~¨
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¨¨¨¨-$$£##    the drug is used by the lizards in    ##£$$-¨¨¨¨
¨~-†$$£#@#    these small (but often continuous)    #@#£$$†-~¨
¨~-†$$£#@#     doses. this heightens the senses     #@#£$$†-~¨
¨~-†$$£#@#  somewhat but at the cost of a lessened  #@#£$$†-~¨
¨~-†$$£#@#      ability to multi-task - context     #@#£$$†-~¨
¨~-†$$#@##  switching might take longer and be more ##@#$$†-~¨
¨~-†$$#@##                confusing.                ##@#$$†-~¨
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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 #£$$†--~~¨
¨~-†††$££#      to move around the body (if so      #££$†††-~¨
¨¨¨~~~~†$£                inclined).                £$†~~~~¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-$£             ¨ seven spoons ¨             £$-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~†$$$#                  ¨¨¨¨¨                   #$$$†~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨-†$$£ 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.                  #@#£$$†-~¨
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¨~-†$$£###         ¨ nine spoons and above ¨        ###£$$†-~¨
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¨¨¨----$£@   overdose. body losing water quickly,   @£$----¨¨¨
¨~-†$$£#@# 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. ##$$-¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨--$$£@                                          @£$$--¨¨¨¨
¨~-†$£#@## lastly, albeit very rare, it's possible  ##@#£$†-~¨
¨¨¨~~††$$#   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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