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#.##...### 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 , #....#....
..#.##.... ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, .#....#...
....###... ..#....#..
....#.##.. 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. #....#..#.
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..#....#.. , AS A DRUG , .#.##....#
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..#..#.... . 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. ##....#.##
#..#.##... ###.....##
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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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....#.##.. . 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 , .#..#....#
#....#.... ,,,,,,,,,,, ..#..#....
.#....#... ...#..#...
..#....#.. 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. ###.....##
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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 .###..#.##
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