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microexovesicled adj. Drunk enough to treat every tiny bubble from the crisps as a separate bar companion. microexpansioned adj. Drunk past the point of keeping a small matter small, especially after the second telling. microexplanted adj. Drunk beyond remaining properly rooted in the conversation, and liable to be found elsewhere without warning. Alissa went microexplanted and was discovered beside the fruit machine, detached from the discussion. microexplosioned adj. Drunk in a way that produces brief, local disturbances: a dropped beermat, a sudden oath, then calm. Tairen became microexplosioned and set off tiny crises along the length of the bar. microexplosived adj. Drunk, with the result that the smallest remark becomes capable of going off in the snug. Xylus grew microexplosived when someone queried the wisdom of another round. microexpressioned (/ˌmaɪkɹəʊ.ɪkˈspɹɛʃənd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that each fleeting expression gives away the private thought before the excuse arrives. Lavinda was microexpressioned, revealing every opinion before the conversation reached it. microextractioned adj. Drunk to the extent of extracting the smallest usable detail from every overheard conversation. Kolbie became microextractioned and harvested one revealing phrase from each table. microextrusioned adj. Drunk on the strength of a small but persistent protrusion into every matter under discussion. Erenst was microextrusioned, inserting a modest opinion into every pint-sized dispute. microexudated adj. Drunk since last orders, and giving off small, unexplained quantities of feeling at the bar. Duward was microexudated, releasing little sighs whenever anyone mentioned the last bus. microfabricationed adj. Drunk by closing time, and assembling tiny complications with wafer-thin precision. Akerra became microfabricationed, constructing an intricate plan on the back of a beer mat. microfabricked adj. Drunk by the third round, and woven into the pub’s background so closely that removal seems unwise. Maerene was microfabricked into the snug, patterned among coats and abandoned menus. microfaceted adj. Still drunk, and presenting a different small reflective surface to each person at the bar. Samona was microfaceted, returning the landlord’s question in several subtly different moods. microfaciesed adj. Too drunk to judge the whole evening, but able to examine one thin slice of it repeatedly. Kimyia was microfaciesed, studying the last ten minutes as though they were a rock sample. microfacsimiled adj. Sufficiently drunk to reproduce a conversation in miniature, with the important words barely legible. Lou-anne was microfacsimiled, repeating the landlord’s speech in a tiny and inaccurate version. microfadeometered adj. Having drunk enough to test each small patch of the evening’s colour under an unnecessarily bright light. Adrians became microfadeometered, testing each patch of the evening beneath the brightest bulb. microfailured adj. Having drunk more than was structurally advisable, yet collapsing only in very small stages. Cordelra grew microfailured, losing one item of personal equipment at each table.