&...&..&.& .......&&.
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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. &&&.&&....
..&&&&.&&. ..&&.&....
.&...&&.&& .&.&&&....
&&..&.&&.& ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ &&&..&....
.&.&&&.&&. ~ 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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...&.&..&. &&&.&&....
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