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mountain nyalaed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary domestic visibility, retreating into the high woodland of the bedroom until midday. mountain oystered adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning's tender contents exposed, poorly defended and unsuitable for handling. Katheen woke mountain oystered, vulnerable to bright light and the gentlest enquiry. mountain panthered adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning is conducted from elevated ground and under continuous suspicion. Nethra was mountain panthered, watching the coffee from the far side of the room. mountain papayaed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the person soft, yellow-faced and surprisingly difficult to persuade into breakfast. Berl appeared mountain papayaed, pale beneath the kitchen light and declining anything more substantial than water. mountain parroted adj. Drunk to the extent of repeating bright, unhelpful observations from high places around the house. Genica was mountain parroted, calling remarks from the landing instead of coming down for breakfast. mountain parsleyed adj. Drunk on the strength of something once considered medicinal, and now reduced to a persistent herbaceous tremor. Delrick woke mountain parsleyed, convinced that another herbal tea would resolve the entire matter. mountain passed adj. Drunk since last orders, and now crossing the morning by the lowest available route. Jahyden was mountain passed, taking the corridor slowly as though it offered the gentlest crossing. mountain pawpawed adj. Drunk by the third round, and softening into a pale, fruit-like silence by morning. mountain peckered adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced by morning to a solemn head awaiting careful preparation. mountain phloxed adj. Still drunk, and spreading over the morning in a low, colourful layer that nobody is keen to disturb. Maragret remained mountain phloxed across the sofa, bright-eyed but entirely horizontal. mountain pined adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who gives every opinion the resinous certainty of an alpine evergreen. mountain plummed adj. Loosened by drink into someone who distributes cherished fruit to strangers and calls it diplomacy. Gerick became mountain plummed and presented his last plum to the taxi driver as a treaty. mountain quailed adj. Emboldened by drink to leave cover, cross the room, and challenge a considerably larger bird. mountain ranged adj. Slowed by drink to arrange every conversation in a long, adjoining chain before answering any of them. Veleka grew mountain ranged and took twelve minutes to reach the original question. mountain ratted adj. Drunk and burrowing under furniture whenever someone suggests a sensible course of action. Kanijha went mountain ratted and conducted the rest of the evening beneath the sideboard. mountain reindeered adj. Drunk to the point where you volunteer for a difficult journey, then require gentle herding home. Juliano became mountain reindeered and promised to walk across town in dress shoes.