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gamma ironned adj. The condition of a drinker who remains unexpectedly stable in the heat of the morning after. Shealene was gamma ironned, standing firmly beside the kettle despite the night's temperature. gamma knifed adj. Reduced by drink to focusing one precise headache with the ruthless accuracy of medical machinery. Martaja sat gamma knifed, locating the headache precisely behind one eye. gamma maled adj. Softened by drink into the fourth-ranking person at breakfast, subordinate to anyone holding coffee. Jaslynn was gamma maled, accepting instructions from everyone who had reached the kettle first. gamma of the gammaed adj. Sharpened by drink into calculating how each new cup of coffee changes the last one. Hasrat was gamma of the gammaed, measuring each coffee against the diminishing returns of sleep. gamma particled adj. Loosened by drink into a single energetic remnant, emitted from the evening and travelling without explanation. Wyoming emerged gamma particled, travelling from sofa to doorway without a discernible route. gamma radiationed adj. Emboldened by drink to emit a penetrating account of the night through every quiet room. Dyuti was gamma radiationed, sending a detailed account through the flat before anyone had found coffee. gamma rayed adj. Slowed by drink to the high-energy residue that remains when the ordinary morning has decayed. Arreon was gamma rayed, moving slowly but illuminating every error from the previous night. gamma waved adj. Drunk and oscillating between confidence and regret at a frequency noticeable only to the household. Velmer was gamma waved, alternating between apologies and ambitious plans before breakfast. gamma-aminobutyric acided adj. Drunk past the point of excitation, lying quietly while the nervous system handles the morning. Jess was gamma-aminobutyric acided, calm only because the sofa had assumed responsibility. gamma-angio-encephalographied adj. Drunk beyond ordinary recollection, with the morning revealing the route the evening took through the head. Leamsi was gamma-angio-encephalographied, mapping last night's pressure points over weak coffee. gamma-butyrolactoned adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning dissolves distinctions between solvent, remedy and further recreational misjudgement. Bunie was gamma-butyrolactoned, dissolving breakfast plans before they reached the table. gamma-encephalographied adj. Drunk on the strength of discovering, through the morning's symptoms, a hidden mass of poor judgement. Jacqulyn was gamma-encephalographied, locating a hidden concentration of poor judgement behind her eyes. gamma-glutamyltransferased adj. Drunk by closing time, and transferring every remaining obligation to whoever will accept it in the morning. Dazhan was gamma-glutamyltransferased, handing the keys and the explanation to separate recipients. gamma-hydroxybutyrated adj. Sharpened by drink into mistaking a biochemical salt for a sound basis for decisions. Shourya got gamma-hydroxybutyrated and prescribed confidence to everyone at the table. gamma-hydroxybutyric acided adj. Emboldened by drink to pursue a recreational theory whose biochemical basis remains uncertain. Stavon got gamma-hydroxybutyric acided and tested his theory on an unsuspecting dinner party. gamma-ironned adj. The drunkenness of one who has become heat-stable, dense and difficult to move before breakfast. Dejanee was gamma-ironned, immovable at the table while the coffee came to the boil.