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mesocortexed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the orderly middle of the mind mediating between instinct and habit. Rukmini became mesocortexed and convened a hearing between appetite and good sense. mesocorticolimbic circuited adj. A drinker who mistakes each small reward for a coherent plan, and makes the company follow its consequences. mesocosmed adj. The state of being drunk and conducting a small, controlled experiment in the garden with the morning's headache. Zaina woke mesocosmed, carefully testing whether toast improved the headache by measured increments. mesocotyled adj. The condition of a drinker who emerges pale between the buried pillow and the first regrettable thought. Kelci surfaced mesocotyled, white-faced between the duvet and the day's first obligation. mesocoxaed adj. The drunkenness of one who spends the morning supporting the middle leg of the journey with the furniture. Ivane came downstairs mesocoxaed, using each chair as support for the next. mesocracied adj. Reduced by drink to governing the middle ground between bed and bathroom with uncertain authority. Ambur awoke mesocracied, ruling the short distance between bed and bathroom with considerable hesitation. mesocranied adj. Softened by drink into a rounded, heavy-headed state that makes the pillow seem structurally necessary. Yumna appeared mesocranied, heavy-headed and grateful for the pillow's broad support. mesocraticked adj. Sharpened by drink into the morning's transitional phase, demanding both bright light and somewhere shaded. Morris woke mesocraticked, alternating between the window and the darkest available corner. mesocrystaled adj. Loosened by drink into an ordered assembly of equally sized excuses, each presented as the last. mesocuneiformed adj. Emboldened by drink to stand on the morning's small triangular certainties, however poorly they fit. Zoree woke mesocuneiformed, confidently balancing on a narrow theory about where the keys had gone. mesocuticled adj. Slowed by drink to the layer between functioning and complete surrender beneath the duvet. mesocycled adj. Drunk and following a modest training programme of water, toast, and returning carefully to bed. Sergio spent the morning mesocycled, completing water, toast, and one cautious trip upstairs. mesocycloned adj. Drunk to the point where a small rotation behind the eyes threatens a much larger weather event. mesocysted adj. Drunk enough to carry the morning's delicate internal arrangement as though one wrong movement might detach it. Kynslee walked mesocysted to the kettle, protecting a delicate internal arrangement from the stairs. mesodermed adj. Drunk past the point of remembering which internal organ made the coffee seem medically urgent. Hylda woke mesodermed, attributing the need for water to whichever internal organ felt most persuasive. mesodesmatided adj. Drunk beyond the point of opening like a shell, remaining shut while the morning works around you. Jenniferlynn lay mesodesmatided, closed firmly against conversation and the unwashed glasses.