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A-1'd adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a historic air ambulance that never entered service. Abihail was A-1'd, making a short rescue of her handbag an archival undertaking. A-106'd adj. Drunk and hovering like an experimental helicopter, with no prospect of entering regular service. Reygan became A-106'd and circled the buffet without ever committing to a landing. A-109'd adj. Drunk to the point where both engines appear operational, though neither is under useful control. Rasean was A-109'd, twin-powered and unable to select a single destination. A-2'd adj. Drunk enough to resemble a discontinued air ambulance: serviceable in theory, absent from production. Erec was A-2'd, awaiting assistance in a form no manufacturer had thought worth repeating. A-3'd adj. You are drunk and issuing precise instructions to the room, none of which survive breakfast. Jeshuah was A-3'd by dawn, directing the kettle as though it required air support. A-32'd adj. Of a drinker: left at breakfast with the narrow, exhausted silhouette of a machine built for one. Jareny looked A-32'd beside the toaster, spare and plainly not designed for company. A-4'd adj. Of a drinker who has made a low, noisy approach to breakfast and deposited himself beside it. Iancu came downstairs A-4'd and made a low pass over the untouched toast. A-5'd adj. Describing a drinker who spends the morning planning an operation whose objective is locating the painkillers. Kawai was A-5'd by nine, organising the morning around one glass of water. A-6'd adj. A drinker who makes a quiet, intrusive approach to the kitchen and leaves at low level. Isa was A-6'd before breakfast, entering the kitchen beneath the level of ordinary conversation. A-60'd adj. A drinker so far gone that breakfast becomes a training exercise followed by a surprisingly forceful landing. Tanji was A-60'd, practising the route to the sofa before making an emphatic landing there. A-68'd adj. The state of being drunk and displaying, by breakfast, a protein-like reluctance to recognise familiar faces. Astera was A-68'd and greeted her own reflection with cautious uncertainty. A-7'd adj. The condition of a drinker who makes a light attack on breakfast and leaves the kitchen structurally unchanged. Jarret was A-7'd, making a brisk attack on the toast before retreating to the sofa. A-B looped adj. The drunkenness of one who repeats the same small morning exchange until the coffee has gone cold. Shylynn was A-B looped, asking whether the kettle was on each time she passed it. A-B powered adj. Reduced by drink to two alternating states: needing tea and explaining why tea is necessary. Shamsuddin was A-B powered, switching between silence and technical accounts of the previous evening. A-B poweringed adj. Softened by drink into alternating between two cushions, neither of which offers a satisfactory recovery. Mackena was A-B poweringed, moving gently between the sofa and armchair without choosing either. A-DNA'd adj. Sharpened by drink into a broad, flattened spiral around the bathroom, with yesterday still repeating inside it. Aurla was A-DNA'd, moving in a wide spiral between bed and bathroom.