#@&§†««,,,                                          ,,,««†§&@#
&&&$§««,,,                                          ,,,««§$&&&
###&$§†«.,                                          ,.«†§$&###
###@&$§†«.                                          .«†§$&@###
&$†.,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,.†$&
##@&$§†«.,  the honey is a condensation of a thick  ,.«†§$&@##
@$§§††«,,,      liquid, inherent to all mazes.      ,,,«††§§$@
##@&$§†«.,                                          ,.«†§$&@##
#&§§††.,,, ######################################## ,,,.††§§&#
@&$$††««., ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,.««††$$&@
&$$††.,,,,                                          ,,,,.††$$&
#@&$§§†«.,  mainly collected by the lizardfolk of   ,.«†§§$&@#
##@&$§†«.,     the kirugu vargir desert, in the     ,.«†§$&@##
#@$$§«..,,     underlying tunnels. it's use and     ,,..«§$$@#
##@&$§†«.,  possession is illegal within the city.  ,.«†§$&@##
@$††«,,,,,                                          ,,,,,«††$@
#@$†.,,,,,                                          ,,,,,.†$@#
&$§§§«.,,,              ..............              ,,,.«§§§$&
##@&$§†«.,              . properties .              ,.«†§$&@##
@@$§†«.,,,              ..............              ,,,.«†§$@@
&$††«,,,,,                                          ,,,,,«††$&
##@&$§†«.,    the honey is a reddish amber, very    ,.«†§$&@##
&&&$§†«,,, viscous (but still pourable). it smells  ,,,«†§$&&&
##@&$§†«.,    slightly of eucalyptus, and has a     ,.«†§$&@##
&&$$†««.,,           mostly bitter taste.           ,,.««†$$&&
&&§§§††«.,                                          ,.«††§§§&&
###&$§†«.,    it's highly addictive, and possess    ,.«†§$&###
##@&$§†«.,       strong psychotropic effects.       ,.«†§$&@##
&$†««,,,,,                                          ,,,,,««†$&
@$†.,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,.†$@
&$§††††«.,              ..............              ,.«††††§$&
&$§««,,,,,              . collection .              ,,,,,««§$&
##@&$§†«.,              ..............              ,.«†§$&@##
@@@&$§†«.,                                          ,.«†§$&@@@
##@&$§†«.,    the honey materializes in vaccuums    ,.«†§$&@##
##@&$§†«., within any labyrinthine space. the more  ,.«†§$&@##
#&$§§§†«.,    folded and ambiguous, the faster it   ,.«†§§§$&#
###@&$§†«.   emerges. the cavernous systems under   .«†§$&@###
##@&$§†«.,     the desert of kirugu serves this     ,.«†§$&@##
@&§«,,,,,,   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 ,,,,,«†§§&
@&$$$§†«.,     point of death. another danger is    ,.«†§$$$&@
@$§§§†««.,    actually locomotion of the body...    ,.««†§§§$@
##@&$§†«.,     walking around is still somewhat     ,.«†§$&@##
#@$†««.,,, possible after losing sight, which have  ,,,.««†$@#
@@$$$§†«.,    lead to seveal falls. additionally,   ,.«†§$$$@@
###&$§†«., robberies of the intoxicated are common. ,.«†§$&###
###&$§†«.,                                          ,.«†§$&###
##@&$§†«.,  lastly, albeit very rare, it's possible ,.«†§$&@##
##@&$§†«.,   to die of pure overdose (on the scale  ,.«†§$&@##
#@@&$§†«.,   of jars of honey) before being killed  ,.«†§$&@@#
&$$$§††«.,  by thirst. there are rumors that this   ,.«††§$$$&
@@@&$§†«.,   leaves "ghosts", who will still share  ,.«†§$&@@@
##@&$§†«.,  their thoughts long after their bodies  ,.«†§$&@##
##@&$§†«.,            are dead and gone.            ,.«†§$&@##
@@@&$§†«.,                                          ,.«†§$&@@@
&&§«.,,,,,                                          ,,,,,.«§&&
##@&$§†«.,                                          ,.«†§$&@##
&$$$§§†«.,                                          ,.«†§§$$$&
@&$§«,,,,,                                          ,,,,,«§$&@
##@&$§†«.,                                          ,.«†§$&@##