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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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.###....#. 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 - .#.##.....
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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. #.##...###
#..#.##... ..###..#.#
##...###.. 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 - #....#....
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....#.##.. . 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). ..#..#.##.
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##....#... . 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. .#.##.....
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..#.##.... . 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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...###...# 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 ##....#...
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