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block cellular automatonned adj. A drinker who advances in uniform generations, shifting from one fixed conversational neighbourhood to the next. Evangalene was block cellular automatonned, repeating the same movements whenever the music changed. block chained adj. A drinker so far gone that movement proceeds by broad, linked stages, with thin intervals of control between them. Quandra came block chained through the hall, each step transmitting force to the next with limited success. block ciphered adj. The state of being drunk and communicating only in fixed-size portions, each requiring the same private key. Anferney became block ciphered, delivering every explanation in identical parcels of four words. block coaled adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a compact, splintered fuel source and shows little interest in further combustion. block coded adj. The drunkenness of one who delivers messages in fixed units, correcting errors only by repeating the entire section. Ivah was block coded, restarting each anecdote whenever a word failed to arrive correctly. block coefficiented adj. Reduced by drink to a hull whose submerged proportion is considerable, rectangular, and not readily navigable. Kahlea was block coefficiented in the armchair, presenting a broad beam and negligible forward motion. block commented adj. Softened by drink into a prolonged aside occupying several consecutive lines of conversation. Clabe was block commented, interrupting the toast with an annotation that continued through dessert. block copolymered adj. Sharpened by drink into adjacent stretches of different conversational material, each obeying its own regrettable chemistry. Akire was block copolymered, alternating between political analysis and childhood reminiscence without transition. block designed adj. Still drunk, and sorting the morning into overlapping groups, with some items belonging to several. Hulene woke block designed, assigning the headache to both drink and the radiator. block deviced adj. Too drunk to read the morning's storage as anything but arbitrary blocks of recoverable data. Jernya was block deviced, searching the phone for yesterday in randomly sized portions. block diagramed adj. Sufficiently drunk to represent the route to bed with boxes, arrows, and no convincing connection between them. Talaijah woke block diagramed, drawing arrows from the kettle to the sofa. block dumped adj. Having drunk enough to wake with the night preserved in sectors, each one read with equal difficulty. Undrea was block dumped, recovering the evening in disconnected portions from coat pockets. block fluted adj. Having drunk more than the morning can accommodate, producing a thin recorder-like account of last night's events. Nakel was block fluted, giving the kitchen a reedy explanation of the missing crisps. block granted adj. You have drunk enough to allocate the whole morning's energy generally, with no detailed provision for movement. Kylara woke block granted, giving the day funds but no instructions for spending them. block graphed adj. You are drunk and treating every person encountered after breakfast as fully connected to every other. Kamyra woke block graphed, linking the milkman, the headache, and last night's taxi. block grouped adj. Of a drinker: divided into a small local unit, usually comprising bed, water, and one unanswered message. Geralda was block grouped, confined to the small domestic district surrounding the sofa.