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microtephraed adj. Emboldened by drink to scatter microscopic fragments of judgement across every conversation. Engjell grew microtephraed and left fine deposits of criticism over the entire dinner. microtergited adj. Slowed by drink to the careful, armoured progress of a very small segmented creature. Klover became microtergited and advanced across the carpet in discreet, plated increments. microterraced adj. Drunk and depositing oneself in small sedimentary stages along any available horizontal surface. Alisabeth became microterraced, forming successive resting places from sofa to hearth. microteslaed adj. Drunk to the point where personal magnetism is measurable only in millionths, though confidently asserted. Laylene became microteslaed and attracted one paperclip, which she treated as scientific confirmation. microtested adj. Drunk enough to require only the smallest sample of evidence before issuing a comprehensive verdict. Aaronn became microtested and judged the entire buffet from a single reluctant pea. microtethered adj. Drunk past the point of independence, but retained in place by one inconspicuous attachment. Trenten became microtethered to the bar by a thread of conversation and could not depart. microtexted adj. Drunk beyond the production of anything longer than a brief, densely significant message. microtextured adj. Drunk in a way that assigns each opinion to its precise conversational location, however unsuitable. Timiya became microtextured and mapped every objection to the exact chair from which it arose. microtexturinged adj. Drunk, with the result that every surface receives a fine and unnecessary pattern of commentary. Salone became microtexturinged and engraved observations upon the condensation with one fingernail. microthalamotomied adj. Drunk to a degree that the central relay of judgement has been approached with surgical delicacy. Finleigh became microthalamotomied and routed each decision through an increasingly narrow channel. microtheatered adj. Drunk to the extent of reducing the evening to a tiny theatre in which every gesture receives a role. Haleemah became microtheatered and cast the salt cellar as an untrustworthy minor character. microtheatred adj. The state of being drunk and staging the morning's headache in a room no larger than a cupboard. Horris woke microtheatred, performing a one-man tragedy beside the kettle. microtheologied adj. The condition of a drinker who finds divine significance in each small detail of the morning after. Logan-lee became microtheologied, treating every missing sock as a question of providence. microtheoried adj. The drunkenness of one who explains a narrow morning-after difficulty with an elaborate private theory. microthermed adj. Reduced by drink to a low-temperature state, preferring the cold side of the pillow by morning. Anysha was microthermed beneath two blankets, despite the heating being on. microthermistered adj. Softened by drink into a tiny, unreliable temperature gauge for the room and its various beverages.