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mindlinked adj. Reduced by drink to sharing one unreliable thought with the nearest companion, usually at the same time. Arabell was mindlinked with Cleara, and both reached for the wrong coat together. mindlocked adj. Drunk by the third round, and no longer accepting thoughts from outside sources. Kassi became mindlocked and rejected the suggestion that the pub was closing. mindmapped adj. Emboldened by drink to arrange every passing thought around the grand central proposition of another round. Raykwan got mindmapped and connected the weather, his childhood and the bar snacks by invisible lines. mindmeldinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and regarding another person's unfinished sentence as shared property. mindpowered adj. Still drunk, and relying on mental force where ordinary judgement might have helped. Lavontre remained mindpowered and attempted the crossword without looking at the clues. mindquaked adj. Too drunk to retain a settled view of anything for more than a minute. Gerad was mindquaked and changed his position whenever someone moved a glass. mindralled adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every fizzy drink as a reasonable continuation of the evening. mindraped adj. Drunk beyond retaining private opinions, particularly once a companion has proposed going elsewhere. mindreadered adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake a companion’s expression for a complete and binding thought. Arjunan was mindreadered and fetched the coat his companion had only glanced towards. mindreadinged adj. You have drunk enough to know precisely what everyone intends, including the person who has gone home. Fynlie was mindreadinged and explained why the absent landlord had refused another round. mindscaped adj. Having drunk enough to inhabit a private landscape, with occasional reports from it. Jozeph was mindscaped and described the carpet as a region requiring careful passage. mindscrewed adj. Having drunk more than the mind can rearrange without assistance. Flois was mindscrewed and put the menu back in the cutlery drawer. mindseted adj. Of a drinker: habitually certain that the present arrangement of thoughts is adequate. mindsettinged adj. Of a drinker who has spent the evening preparing to think in one particular direction. mindshared adj. A drinker who has allocated nearly all attention to one passing notion. Arriannah was mindshared, considering only the pub's unusually confident fern. mindshoted adj. A drinker so far gone that everyone within conversational range seems telepathically audible.