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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. ¨¨¨¨,~†**@
##@¤*%†~,¨ ¨,~†%*¤@##
##@¤*%†~,¨ 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. ¨,~†%*¤@##
#@@¤*%†~,¨ ¨,~†%*¤@@#
##@¤*%†~,¨ 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 , ¨¨¨¨,,††*¤
###@*%†~,¨ ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ¨,~†%*@###
¤**†~,,,,¨ ¨,,,,~†**¤
@¤¤¤*%†~,¨ ¨ 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. ¨¨¨,~†**@@
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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. ¨,~†%*¤@##
#¤%~~~,,,¨ ¨,,,~~~%¤#
¤¤¤¤*%†~,¨ 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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