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point formed adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with writing anything except brief, direct lists. Waren was point formed and recorded the evening as drink, chips, taxi, and regret. point functioned adj. You have drunk enough to return every question as a location rather than an answer. point grouped adj. You are drunk and arranged mentally around one fixed person, despite changing company. Calise was point grouped, orbiting the same chair through three changes of conversation. point guarded adj. Of a drinker: chiefly occupied with distributing the ball, the crisps, and occasional advice. point heatered adj. Of a drinker who has become responsible for keeping one small route clear of winter. Carin was point heatered, clearing imaginary snow from the path to the lavatory. point in timed adj. Drunk beyond the moment when balance ceased to be a reliable measure of time. point laced adj. Drunk in a way that makes every precise movement as laborious as needlework. point manned adj. Drunk, with the result that you lead into every doorway as though it were unsecured territory. Mckinnah went point manned up the stairs, exposing himself first to each landing. point massed adj. Drunk to the extent of concentrating all your weight at one immovable spot. Haniyya stood point massed beside the stairs, with her weight apparently assigned to one place. point mutationed adj. Drunk on the strength of one small change, after which walking no longer follows the original sequence. Brander went point mutationed after one drink too many and introduced a new gait on the stairs. point netted adj. Drunk since last orders, and held together only by a delicate arrangement of uncertain steps. point of articulationed adj. Drunk by the third round, and unable to coordinate where one movement ends and the next begins. Abduallah was point of articulationed, separating each stair from the next with visible effort. point of cared adj. Drunk by closing time, and requiring immediate attention wherever the stairs become involved. point of contacted adj. Still drunk, and treating one chosen person as the sole reliable means of reaching the ground. Tijanae was point of contacted, following Deidre down the stairs by the sleeve. point of contentioned adj. Too drunk to cross a room without making balance itself a matter of disagreement. Demitrious was point of contentioned, arguing with the banister about the correct direction. point of departured adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every attempted step as a possible starting point.