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eigenlined adj. Drunk and maintaining one straight course, regardless of furniture, walls, or other considerations. Ewald went eigenlined through the crowded lounge and made contact with three chairs. eigenlocused adj. Drunk to the point where every wandering step describes an orbit around the same misplaced destination. Nawfal became eigenlocused around the cloakroom, repeatedly approaching it from new angles. eigenmapped adj. Drunk enough to treat proximity as proof of connection, linking every nearby object into a route. Loralai went eigenmapped and used the lamp, chair, and plant as one continuous handrail. eigenmassed adj. Drunk past the point of distributing weight sensibly, becoming one substantial argument with gravity. Kasea turned eigenmassed at the bottom step and required the wall to remain vertical. eigenmatrixed adj. Drunk beyond independent movement, with every limb behaving as though coordinated by a different committee. Anaia became eigenmatrixed and negotiated the staircase through several incompatible arm movements. eigenmetabolited adj. Drunk in a way that distributes the evening's drinks among speech, balance, and the hands. Dellareese went eigenmetabolited, losing words in the lounge and balance by the stairs. eigenmoded adj. Drunk, with the result that the body settles into one repeated vibration and calls it walking. Syphax became eigenmoded, bouncing gently at every pause in the conversation. eigennoded adj. Drunk to a degree that every response is reduced to a slow, emphatic movement of the head. Mahonri went eigennoded and agreed gravely with the coat rack's apparent proposal. eigennumbered adj. Drunk to the extent of assigning every stair a value, then forgetting the sequence. Lauralei became eigennumbered and counted the same four steps twice. eigenobservabled adj. Drunk on the strength of a single visible decline, with all other symptoms quietly following it. Jaynia was eigenobservabled: one glance showed the wobble, and the rest required no measurement. eigenoperatored adj. Drunk since last orders, and applying one decisive action to every problem, including balance. Symanthia was eigenoperatored, correcting each stumble with an increasingly ambitious arm movement. eigenordered adj. The drunkenness of one who arranges the evening by dimensional order, beginning with the smallest round. Cindey became eigenordered and assigned each course of the journey home its proper dimension. eigenoscillationed adj. Reduced by drink to oscillating at one natural frequency, usually between the bar and the cloakroom. Bedford went eigenoscillationed, alternating steadily between last orders and the coat stand. eigenpaired adj. Softened by drink into treating every person and their associated number as an inseparable pair. Tuongvi became eigenpaired and insisted each guest leave with their assigned coat number. eigenpalmed adj. Sharpened by drink into presenting a palm whose whorls appear to record every round taken. Mayela went eigenpalmed and offered the barman her hand as evidence of the evening. eigenpathed adj. Loosened by drink into following the unique route from the last bar to home. Takea was eigenpathed, taking a mathematically personal route through three unnecessary doorways.