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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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¨¨¨¨¨¨:†*£    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.                §**†:¨¨¨¨¨
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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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¨:-†$$**££        ¨ nine spoons and above ¨         ££**$$†-:¨
¨:-†$*§@##                   ¨¨¨¨¨                  ##@§*$†-:¨
¨¨¨¨¨-††*§   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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