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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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=/-^...... ^ COLLECTION ^ ......^-/=
/-^....... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .......^-/
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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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=/-^...... ^ AS A DRUG ^ ......^-/=
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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 . .......^-/
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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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###$=/-^.. ^ DANGERS ^ ..^-/=$###
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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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