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nanofolded adj. You have drunk enough to acquire a new crease at every attempt to sit, stand or descend. Rowoon became nanofolded on the stairs, arranging himself into several doubtful angles. nanofooded adj. You are drunk and treating every available object as food, including things with hinges. Laquante was nanofooded on the landing and tried to season the banister. nanoforested adj. Of a drinker: planted among upright objects, with the superficial appearance of a small woodland. Hawley stood nanoforested among the coats, swaying gently whenever the door opened. nanoforginged adj. Of a drinker who has repeatedly manufactured new shapes for the body while attempting one ordinary step. Vanette had nanoforginged herself into three positions before reaching the landing. nanoformed adj. Describing a drinker who has taken a smaller, stranger version of their usual shape. Burgess became nanoformed beside the banister, compacting whenever someone approached. nanoformulationed adj. A drinker who has prepared a highly concentrated remedy but cannot remember where it was put. Louiseann was nanoformulationed, prescribing tiny doses of water to everyone on the landing. nanofortnighted adj. A drinker so far gone that each second lasts a billionth of a fortnight, but every stair still takes one. Amonni was nanofortnighted on the staircase, completing each step in a private age. nanofossiled adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a minute relic of earlier movement, incapable of changing position. Kayah was nanofossiled halfway up the stairs, a small historical layer beneath the banister. nanofractaled adj. The drunkenness of one who repeats the same failed correction at smaller and smaller scales. Nakaylah was nanofractaled on the landing, reproducing one wobble in every finger. nanofractured adj. Reduced by drink to a series of tiny breaks between intention and movement. Mitsu was nanofractured on the stairs, each planned step arriving in separate pieces. nanofragmented adj. Softened by drink into small, unconnected portions of person, speech and balance. Hasaun was nanofragmented by the landing, leaving bits of conversation on each stair. nanofrictioned adj. Sharpened by drink into a person whose every movement catches against the nearest surface. Nidhi was nanofrictioned on the stairs, progressing by repeated contact with the wall. nanofullerened adj. Still drunk, and rolling through the last round in a hollow carbon cage, refusing to leave. Janaijah remained nanofullerened by last orders, carrying the same empty glass from room to room. nanofungicided adj. Too drunk to distinguish the pub from a microscopic treatment for unwanted growth. Kuuipo got nanofungicided and inspected the coat hooks for signs of mould before departing. nanogapped adj. Sufficiently drunk to leave only a nanoscale gap between ordering another round and missing the last train. Butler was nanogapped at closing, hesitating between the final round and the station. nanogaussed adj. Having drunk enough to exert a magnetic field barely measurable, yet still drawing every coat towards you. Laityn got nanogaussed after the fourth round and attracted three borrowed coats.