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..,~†^&££#   kobold drug    .~~&,.     is a general #££&^†~,..
...,~†^&££                 .,^~&†,.    term for any ££&^†~,...
....,~†^&£                .,~&,~&~,..     substance £&^†~,....
.....,~†^&               ..~†£,,£†~,..     that can &^†~,.....
......,~†^              ..,~^£,.£^†~,...  transform ^†~,......
.......,~†             ..,~†^£,.^£^†~,,..           †~,.......
........,~ ,,,,,~~~††^^&££^~,..,~^#£&^††~~~,,,..... ~,........
........., ..,,,,~~~††^&£#^~,..,~&£&^^††~~,,,.....  ,.........
.......... ..,,,,~~~††^^&££†,..,†&£&^††~~,,,.....   ..........
........., ...,,,,~~~††^&££†,. ,†££&^††~~,,,....    ,.........
........,~ .....,,,~~~†^^£#^~. ,†££&^†~~,,,....     ~,........
.......,~†  .....,,,~~††^&£&~. ,†#&^††~~,,....      †~,.......
......,~†^   .....,,,~~††^£#†. ,†#&^†~~,,...        ^†~,......
.....,~†^&     ....,,,~~†^&£†, ,^£&^†~,,...         &^†~,.....
....,~†^&£      ....,,,~††^£^, ,^£^†~~,,..          £&^†~,....
...,~†^&££       ....,,,~†^&£~ ,^£^†~,,..           ££&^†~,...
..,~†^&££#         ...,,~~†^£†.,£&†~,,..            #££&^†~,..
.,~†^&££##           ..,,~†^£^.,£^†~,..             ##££&^†~,.
..,~†^&££#            ...,~†^£.,£^~,..        human #££&^†~,..
...,~†^&££              ..,~†£,,£†~.. consciousness ££&^†~,...
....,~†^&£               ..,~&~,&~,.                £&^†~,....
.....,~†^&                 .,†&~^,.                 &^†~,.....
......,~†^                  .,&~~.                  ^†~,......
.......,~†                    ,^                    †~,.......
........,~                                          ~,........
.........,    into a kobold-like state. the term    ,.........
..........   "kobold" can be applied to the state   ..........
.........,    itself, and also to the beings that   ,.........
........,~            inhabit this state.           ~,........
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......,~†^              ,,~^£.£&†~,,,.              ^†~,......
.....,~†^&         ,,~††&&&^~ ~†^^^^††~~,,          &^†~,.....
....,~†^&£     ,~~~††††††††~, ,~†††††††††~~~~,,,    £&^†~,....
...,~†^&££ ,,~~~~†††††††~~~,. .,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,, ££&^†~,...
..,~†^&££# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,,,. ..,,,,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #££&^†~,..
.,~†^&££## ~~~~~~~~~~,,,,,,.. ...,,,,,,,,,,,~~~~~~~ ##££&^†~,.
..,~†^&££# ~~~,,,,,,,,,,.....  .....,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, #££&^†~,..
...,~†^&££ ,,,,,,,,,,,.....     .......,,,,,,,,,,,, ££&^†~,...
....,~†^&£ ,,,,,,,,.......        ........,,,,,,,,, £&^†~,....
.....,~†^& ,,,,,.........   the    ...........,,,,, &^†~,.....
......,~†^ ,,,.........   classic   .............,, ^†~,......
.......,~†                example                   †~,.......
........,~   of kobold drug is the liquid that are  ~,........
.........,  produced by mixing kynurenic acid with  ,.........
..........  ascorbic acid. however, there are other ..........
.........,                 options.                 ,.........
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.......,~† ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ †~,.......
......,~†^ ~  it   is   worth  noting  that  not  ~ ^†~,......
.....,~†^& ~ every  kobold-like state  is due to  ~ &^†~,.....
....,~†^&£ ~  a  kobold drug.  many  are  just a  ~ £&^†~,....
...,~†^&££ ~  result  of  the  human  mind  being ~ ££&^†~,...
..,~†^&££# ~   tricked  into  a  certain  state,  ~ #££&^†~,..
.,~†^&££## ~    such     as    lucid dreaming.    ~ ##££&^†~,.
..,~†^&££# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #££&^†~,..
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