&&&...&.&& .....&..&.
..&..&&&.. ....&&.&&&
.&&.&..&.. ...&.&&..&
&.&&&.&&.. ..&&&.&.&&
&&..&&.&.& .&..&&&&..
.&.&.&&&&. THE HONEY IS A CONDENSATION OF A THICK &&.&...&.&
&&&&&...&. LIQUID, INHERENT TO ALL MAZES. .&&&..&&&&
....&..&&& &..&.&....
...&&.&... ######################################## &.&&&&....
..&.&&&..& ........................................ &&...&....
.&&&..&.&. .&..&&....
&..&.&&&&. MAINLY COLLECTED BY THE LIZARDFOLK OF &&.&.&....
&.&&&...&. THE KIRUGU VARGIR DESERT, IN THE .&&&&&...&
&&..&..&&& UNDERLYING TUNNELS. IT'S USE AND &....&..&.
.&.&&.&..& POSSESSION IS ILLEGAL WITHIN THE CITY. &...&&.&&&
&&&.&&&.&& &..&.&&..&
..&&..&&.. &.&&&.&.&.
.&.&.&.&.. -------------- &&..&&&&&.
&&&&&&&&.. - PROPERTIES - .&.&....&.
.......&.& -------------- &&&&...&&&
......&&&& ...&..&..&
.....&...& 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. ..&&...&&.
&&.&&&&&&. .&.&..&.&.
.&&.....&& &&&&.&&&&&
&.&....&.. -------------- ...&&....&
&&&...&&.& - 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. ..&....&.&
..&&.&..&. .&&...&&&.
.&.&&&.&&& &.&..&..&.
&&&..&&..& ------------- &&&.&&.&&.
..&.&.&.&. - 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. &&.&...&&&
.&...&&..& .&&&..&...
&&..&.&.&. &..&.&&...
.&.&&&&&&. ----------- &.&&&.&..&
&&&.....&& - DANGERS - &&..&&&.&&
..&....&.& ----------- .&.&..&&..
.&&...&&&& &&&&.&.&..
&.&..&.... 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. ..&&&.&.&&
&&..&&.&.& .&..&&&&..
.&.&.&&&&. 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. &&.&.&....
&.&&&...&. .&&&&&...&
&&..&..&&& &....&..&.
.&.&&.&..& &...&&.&&&
&&&.&&&.&& &..&.&&..&
..&&..&&.. &.&&&.&.&.
.&.&.&.&.. &&..&&&&&.