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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 , ....###..#
.###..#.## ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ....#.##..
.#.##...## #.....###.
...###..#. 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 , ..#.##...#
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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). #........#
#...###... ##........
.#..#.##.. 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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