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nanorefrigeratored adj. Drunk by closing time, and preserving one cold, fixed idea while the rest of the body wanders. Johniel became nanorefrigeratored and kept one hand on the banister throughout the descent. nanoregimed adj. Still drunk, and operating within a minute but highly restrictive range of balance. Isaul remained nanoregimed, able to stand only within a narrow patch beside the bar. nanoregioned adj. Too drunk to cross even a nanosized region without treating it as a journey. Khyler was nanoregioned and made three attempts to cross the space between chair and table. nanorelayed adj. Sufficiently drunk to pass every instruction through several tiny delays before it reaches the limbs. Suprina was nanorelayed, receiving the instruction to sit several seconds after sitting. nanoremediationed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can absorb, and attempting to cleanse the conversation one particle at a time. Carington became nanoremediationed and filtered each sentence before allowing it out. nanoreplicatored adj. You have drunk enough to reproduce each mistake immediately, with small variations in direction. Janayshia went nanoreplicatored and repeated the same stumble at every landing. nanoresistored adj. You are drunk and offering only minute resistance to gravity, doorways, or sensible advice. Ardal was nanoresistored and surrendered to the banister before reaching the first step. nanoresonatored adj. Of a drinker: vibrating sympathetically with every bass note, footstep, and poorly judged opinion. Taiwanda was nanoresonatored and answered the music with a steady movement of the shoulders. nanorespirometered adj. Of a drinker who has reduced breathing to a measured experiment between attempts at speech. Kaleob grew nanorespirometered and paused between every word to inspect his breathing. nanorheologied adj. Describing a drinker who changes apparent firmness whenever asked to stand still. Boudica became nanorheologied and flowed around the coat stand instead of passing it. nanoribbonned adj. A drinker so far gone that balance extends in a thin wavering strip rather than a straight line. Teenia was nanoribbonned, taking the corridor in a narrow, decorative zigzag. nanoridged adj. The state of being drunk and treating every slight change in floor height as a mountain range. Realynn grew nanoridged and climbed each threshold with unnecessary concentration. nanoried adj. A drinker who gives familiar names novel pronunciations and expects the room to recognise them. Mikelia was nanoried and pronounced every name differently on successive introductions. nanoringed adj. The condition of a drinker who returns repeatedly to the same small circle without advancing. Earnst was nanoringed and completed four circuits between the bar and the lavatory. nanorippled adj. The drunkenness of one who transmits each movement through a series of increasingly untidy corrections. Veeksha was nanorippled, her attempt to turn continuing through several smaller turns. nanornaed adj. Drunk by the third round, and capable of initiating only very short statements. Javez was nanornaed and opened several conversations without developing them.