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#§%--,¨¨¨¨     the kirugu vargir desert, in the     ¨¨¨¨,--%§#
@##£§%:-,¨     underlying tunnels. it's use and     ¨,-:%§£##@
#@#£§%:-,¨  possession is illegal within the city.  ¨,-:%§£#@#
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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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@£££§%:-,¨ 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 ¨               ¨¨¨,,,,-%£
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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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#@#£§%:-,¨    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 ¨             ¨¨¨¨¨¨-%££
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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  ¨,---:§£##
##§%::,¨¨¨  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  ¨,-:%£#@##
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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 ,                ¨¨¨¨¨¨-%£@
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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. ¨,,--::§£@
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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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