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#..####... THE KIRUGU VARGIR DESERT, IN THE ######.#.#
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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. #..###..#.
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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 .....#####
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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 ######..##
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#..#.###.# THOUGHT DOES NOT OCCUR). SENSES MORE #..#.#....
##.###..## ACUTE BUT "UNIMPORTANT" (IGNORED). ##.####...
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#..####... SHARPENED SEVERELY. SLIGHT TELEPATHY ######.#.#
.#.#...#.. (MOSTLY MOODS) WITH OTHER HONEY EATERS. ......####
#####..##. SENSE OF THIRST DISSAPPEARS. STILL EASY ......#...
#....#.#.# TO MOVE AROUND THE BODY (IF SO #.....##..
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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 ###.#...#.
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....##.##. BODY IS HARD TO MOVE, AND STARTS LOSING ..##.#.#..
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#..#...#.. AND IS COMPLETELY UNABLE TO MOVE. THERE .##.###...
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#..#.#.### FOR UP TO TWENTY FOUR HOURS. AT HIGHER ..##.####.
##.#####.. DOSES IT'S HARD TO MOVE, EVEN IF YOU ..#.##...#
..##....#. WOULD REMEMBER DRINKING (WHICH IS ALSO #.###.#..#
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.#####..#. PROPERTIES OF THE HONEY). ...#.#..##
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#..#.###.# BY THIRST. THERE ARE RUMORS THAT THIS #..#.#....
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