&......... &.&....&&.
&&........ &&&&...&.&
..&....... ....&..&&&
&.&&...... ....&&.&..
&&&.&..... ....&.&&&.
&..&&&.... 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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