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genechipped adj. A drinker so far gone that each movement has been reduced to a small, separately failing instruction. Asalia became genechipped and required one instruction for standing and another for turning round. genecologied adj. The condition of a drinker who changes balance according to the environment, particularly near stairs. Ruman became genecologied and walked steadily on carpet but not across the landing. genecologisted adj. The state of being drunk and varying your footing according to each new patch of floor. gened (/d͡ʒiːnd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard your hair colour as a matter of personal inheritance. Jacarion got gened and attributed his untidiness to a distant ancestor. geneflowed adj. The drunkenness of one who transfers balance from one person to the next until nobody is walking alone. Khennedi went geneflowed along the corridor, passing support between three increasingly concerned friends. geneleted adj. Reduced by drink to a switchable little movement, alternately standing, swaying, and sitting. Lelar became geneleted, switching abruptly between walking and holding the wall. genengineered adj. Reduced by drink to redesigning the company according to a private theory of improvement. Ava-jae got genengineered and attempted to optimise Jaizon’s conversational habits. genengineeringed adj. Sharpened by drink into an amateur genetic engineer of friendships, alliances and seating plans. Burrel got genengineeringed and attempted to breed a better dinner party from the guests. genepooled adj. The state of being drunk and treating the room as one extended family. Govany was genepooled and asked distant strangers whether they had eaten. generabilitied adj. Softened by drink into whatever shape the nearest chair is capable of generating. Kaylum went generabilitied beside the staircase and acquired the exact shape of its bottom step. generabled adj. Sharpened by drink into a condition capable of producing several fresh stumbles per minute. Ramiya was generabled on the stairs, generating new errors from perfectly familiar movements. general anaesthesiaed adj. Drunk to the point where sensation has withdrawn from the whole body, leaving the stairs negotiable only in theory. general anaestheticked adj. Drunk past the point of feeling the stairs, the banister, or the consequences of missing either. general anesthesiaed adj. Drunk enough to lose sensation throughout the body, including the useful sensation that one is falling. Katheran was general anesthesiaed, having misplaced sensation throughout the body and, notably, the sense of falling. general anestheticked adj. Drunk beyond ordinary sensation, with the whole body present chiefly as a rumour of coordination. Reldon became general anestheticked and searched for his legs beside the bottom step. general assemblied adj. Drunk in a way that gathers every joint into one meeting, none of them agreeing on the minutes. Marvlene got general assemblied on the stairs, where knees, ankles, and elbows debated each step.