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branch current methoded adj. Slowed by drink to the point where every route through the argument requires a separate calculation. Dinae became branch current methoded and analysed the queue as though it were an electrical network. branch cutted adj. Drunk and insisting that every complicated matter requires one decisive cut before it can be discussed. Yzamar went branch cutted and divided the seating plan into analytically defensible regions. branch lined adj. Drunk to the point where every departure becomes a subsidiary route from the main line of thought. Serani was branch lined, leaving each conversation by a different and poorly signposted route. branch managered adj. You are drunk and still assigning the morning's tasks, though none has survived the night. Mariell was still branch managered at breakfast, allocating toast while searching for her spectacles. branch of governmented adj. Of a drinker: divided into separate authorities by breakfast, each issuing contradictory instructions. Brantlie woke branch of governmented, with his head and stomach pursuing different policies. branch officed adj. Of a drinker who has retreated from headquarters to a distant room, usually beside the bathroom. Babak remained branch officed after breakfast, conducting recovery from the far end of the sofa. branch piloted adj. Describing a drinker who navigates the morning by landmarks, having misplaced the official route home. Effren came downstairs branch piloted, steering by the kettle and avoiding open water. branch predictored adj. A drinker who keeps guessing the next event correctly only when it involves another glass of water. Arabel woke branch predictored and accurately forecast the arrival of a headache. branch registered adj. A drinker so far gone that the next instruction is always addressed to the wrong morning. Jannina remained branch registered at breakfast, repeatedly executing plans meant for yesterday. branch stackinged adj. The drunkenness of one who has recruited the household into a breakfast vote with a foregone result. Ayla-rose became branch stackinged, enrolling everyone in a vote on whether coffee was necessary. branch teed adj. Reduced by drink to a junction from which every morning conversation proceeds in two directions. Tyrico was branch teed at breakfast, sending every answer towards either toast or regret. branch watered adj. Softened by drink into plain water, particularly after last night's stronger arrangements have been reconsidered. Lolisa was branch watered by mid-morning, requesting nothing more adventurous than tap water. branch-decompositioned adj. Loosened by drink into an unrooted collection of yesterday's decisions, clustered without any obvious hierarchy. Jonjoe was branch-decompositioned by breakfast, sorting his explanations into several mutually exclusive piles. branch-watered adj. Sharpened by drink into plain water, with the morning reduced to its most sensible mixture. Dalores was branch-watered at breakfast, cutting every plan back to water and silence. branchaged adj. Emboldened by drink to emerge from bed in several directions at once, like neglected vegetation. Erieanna came down branchaged, spreading towards toast, coffee and the open back door. branched (/bɹɑːnt͡ʃd/) adj. Loosened by drink into several divergent conversations, none retaining the original trunk. Ryotaro grew branched, splitting one answer into five unrelated anecdotes.