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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 ~ ,,,,,~=\=%
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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. ,,,~=\=%£@
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%=\=~,,,,, 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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@£%=\=~,,, , ONE SPOON , ,,,~=\=%£@
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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 , ,,,,,,,,,,
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=~,,,,,,,, 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 , ,,,,,,~=\=
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=~,,,,,,,, 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 ,,,,,,,,,~
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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. ,,,,~=\=%£
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#@£%=\=~,, 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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