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#£%*--.... UNDERLYING TUNNELS. IT'S USE AND ....--*%£#
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*--....... VISCOUS (BUT STILL POURABLE). IT SMELLS .......--*
--........ SLIGHTLY OF EUCALYPTUS, AND HAS A ........--
-......... MOSTLY BITTER TASTE. .........-
--........ ........--
*--....... IT'S HIGHLY ADDICTIVE, AND POSSESS .......--*
%*--...... STRONG PSYCHOTROPIC EFFECTS. ......--*%
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#£%*--.... 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 ..--*%£#@#
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#@#£%*--.. MAY TAKE WEEKS TO FILL. ..--*%£#@#
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%*--...... - AS A DRUG - ......--*%
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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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#@#£%*--.. ..... ..--*%£#@#
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#£%*--.... 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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%*--...... - DANGERS - ......--*%
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#@#£%*--.. 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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-......... 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 .....--*%£
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#@#£%*--.. 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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