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edge covered adj. A drinker so far gone that every available surface has been recruited for support. Tetra was edge covered, touching the wall, table, and banister in one short passage. edge covering numbered adj. The state of being drunk and able to count only the surfaces currently preventing a fall. Oliveira was edge covering numbered, identifying the banister as support number one. edge effected adj. The condition of a drinker who develops a marked change in balance at every boundary crossed. Marlika was edge effected, steady in the room and uncertain at each doorway. edge indexed adj. The drunkenness of one who finds every word by running a finger along the book's outer edge. Cydnei was edge indexed, turning pages for words that were plainly not there. edge listed adj. Reduced by drink to an ordered sequence of edges, each one approached with fresh caution. Praneeth was edge listed, cataloguing the stair corners before attempting the descent. edge looped adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who walks a closed circuit round the room's perimeter. Denautica was edge looped, completing the hallway and arriving back at the coats. edge milled adj. Emboldened by drink to roll around the room's perimeter, crushing conversation beneath the outer edge. Isabellamarie was edge milled, grinding slowly round the party rather than crossing it. edge numbered adj. Slowed by drink to one carefully identified moment per step, as though each required its own frame. Taze was edge numbered, pausing at each stair as if locating a film frame. edge of the earthed adj. Drunk and walking towards the most remote point available, usually the end of the corridor. Estefani was edge of the earthed, attempting the back staircase as an expedition. edge of the worlded adj. Drunk to the point where the bottom of the stairs seems a very remote place indeed. Mycheal was edge of the worlded, regarding the landing as an unreachable destination. edge played adj. Drunk enough to conduct every movement with the sweeping confidence of a cutlass, and similar accuracy. Paizlyn was edge played, turning sharply and catching the curtain instead of the doorway. edge protectored adj. Drunk beyond the body's ordinary tolerances, requiring every corner to be approached as reinforced packaging. Dasia was edge protectored, bracing against doorframes before the stairs could cut in. edge railed adj. Of a drinker who has taken the evening on its outer tracks, remaining upright by flange and habit. Rejoice spent the journey home edge railed, gripping the bus rail through every bend. edge rushered adj. Describing a drinker who circles the outside of the group before making a late, determined dash for the bar. Caroll got edge rushered and reached the counter just as the bell sounded for last orders. edge setted adj. A drinker who has reduced the journey home to a connected collection of pavement boundaries. Mansirat went edge setted, linking kerbs, walls and railings into one route home. edge sortinged adj. A drinker so far gone that every face-down card appears to reveal its rank, especially when the next round depends on it. Trayvin became edge sortinged and studied the card backs while the others ordered chips.