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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 ^ #@§$%*~^..
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....^~*%$§ 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 ^ @§$%*~^...
..^~*%$§@# ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ #@§$%*~^..
.^~*%$§@## ##@§$%*~^.
..^~*%$§@# 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. ##@§$%*~^.
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..^~*%$§@# . 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 . @§$%*~^...
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....^~*%$§ 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. $%*~^.....
....^~*%$§ §$%*~^....
...^~*%$§@ @§$%*~^...
..^~*%$§@# . 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 §$%*~^....
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....^~*%$§ 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 §$%*~^....
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...^~*%$§@ 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. @§$%*~^...
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.^~*%$§@## 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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