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.:~\\\%& the kirugu vargir desert, in the #&&%\\\~:.
.:~\*%&&£# underlying tunnels. it's use and #£&&%*\~:.
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.....:\%%£ 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 &&&&%*\~:.
.:~\*%&££# made for this purpose). however, these #££&%*\~:.
.:~\*%&£## may take weeks to fill. ##£&%*\~:.
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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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...:~**%£# . 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 #&%%\:....
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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 &%%%\\:...
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.:~\*%&£## are very fragmented and hard to ##£&%*\~:.
.:~\*%&£## decipher, unless you are at a similar ##£&%*\~:.
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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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....~\*%££ 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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.:~\*%£### 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 £%*\\\~~:.
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