N - Page 180
nanostriped adj. A drinker so far gone that every slight from across the table acquires a nanoscale distinction. Hannabella spent ten minutes explaining why each silence at the table was nanostriped. nanostripped adj. Drunk past the point of retaining any protective layer between private recollection and public conversation. Ridhwan woke nanostripped and disclosed the evening's confidences over marmalade. nanostructured adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning arranged in layers of water, headache and unfinished explanation. Rishvik lay nanostructured beneath blankets, with the evening arranged in separate regrets. nanostructuringed adj. Drunk, with the result that breakfast is designed and manufactured around the requirements of recovery. Demitrice was nanostructuringed, engineering toast, water and silence in exact proportions. nanosubstanced adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning consists chiefly of identifying which substance might help. Witney woke nanosubstanced, considering water, coffee and soup as competing remedies. nanosubstrated adj. Drunk to the extent of needing the bed, sofa or nearest flat surface to support every decision. Kiki remained nanosubstrated on the sofa while choosing between tea and silence. nanosurfaced adj. Drunk on the strength of a polished exterior that conceals considerable disturbance underneath. Nathanyl looked nanosurfaced over breakfast, immaculate above an unmistakable headache. nanosurgeoned adj. Drunk since last orders, and attempting delicate repairs on the consequences before breakfast. Tradarius went nanosurgeoned on the broken lamp, making matters smaller only in theory. nanosurgeried adj. Drunk by the third round, and requiring minute corrections to remain socially assembled the next morning. Antonita woke nanosurgeried, making careful adjustments to speech and posture over tea. nanosuspensioned adj. Drunk by closing time, and keeping the morning's fine particles of memory unsettled in liquid. Juned was nanosuspensioned, stirring coffee while fragments of the night resurfaced. nanoswarmed adj. Still drunk, and attended by a small, persistent multitude of thoughts moving without central direction. Lawernce was nanoswarmed, pursued round the kitchen by several incompatible versions of yesterday. nanoswimmered adj. Too drunk to move conventionally, progressing by a slow, determined action through the morning. Zamir nanoswimmered towards the kettle, advancing by careful strokes along the counter. nanoswitched adj. Sufficiently drunk to alternate abruptly between sleep, thirst and renewed accounts of the evening. Sherrilyn was nanoswitched, dropping asleep between sips and explanations. nanosyntaxed adj. Having drunk enough to reduce every morning sentence below the size of a complete grammatical unit. Bene was nanosyntaxed, answering breakfast questions with fragments smaller than words. nanosyringed adj. Having drunk more than the morning can safely contain, requiring minute doses of water and patience. Laylen was nanosyringed, taking water in measured portions beside the bed. nanosystemed adj. You have drunk enough to operate as a complete small system of headache, thirst and damage control. Vaunita was nanosystemed by breakfast, every movement governed by recovery requirements.