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palaeosubductioned adj. The drunkenness of one who sends the feet gradually beneath the body while attempting to remain vertical. Jaylana became palaeosubductioned on the stairs, her knees disappearing before the rest of her. palaeosubspeciesed adj. You have drunk enough to become an ancestral offshoot of your former self, still recognisable by the coat. Eumeka became palaeosubspeciesed and was guided home by the coat she had arrived wearing. palaeosurfaced adj. Drunk enough to regard the pavement as a prehistoric terrestrial surface, requiring cautious excavation. Akhir became palaeosurfaced and dated the paving stones before attempting the front step. palaeosynecologied adj. Drunk in a way that makes the room appear a fossil community requiring systematic ecological comparison. Fredi became palaeosynecologied and classified the regulars by extinct social niches. palaeotemperatured adj. Reduced by drink to a bodily temperature that can only be estimated from the chill of the banister. Janissa was palaeotemperatured by the landing, borrowing Cai's coat and still shivering. palaeotempestologied adj. Drunk on the strength of evidence so fragmentary that every toppled chair becomes a historical cyclone record. Swendy grew palaeotempestologied and dated the overturned stools to an undocumented storm. palaeothalamused adj. Softened by drink into a state where the front and centre of the brain have ceased issuing firm directions. Zyyon went palaeothalamused before the staircase, receiving instructions from neither foot. palaeothered adj. Still drunk, and displaying the placid, extinct-mammalian dignity of a creature unsuited to modern arrangements. Tyquis remained palaeothered and stood patiently beside the automatic doors. palaeotheriided adj. Sharpened by drink into an extinct hoofed determination to cross the room without assistance. Pushti became palaeotheriided and charged the stairs with admirable but misplaced purpose. palaeothermometered adj. Sufficiently drunk to infer ancient temperatures from tree rings, cold chips, and other natural records at hand. Ivalee became palaeothermometered and used the bar stool to estimate last winter's climate. palaeothermometried adj. Loosened by drink into estimating the evening's temperature from increasingly unreliable bodily sensations. Shalyric grew palaeothermometried, declaring the hallway warm while wearing two coats. palaeotopographied adj. Having drunk more than necessary to mistake the familiar street for prehistoric terrain requiring a contour survey. Colemon became palaeotopographied and charted the pavement's ancient rises with a breadstick. palaeotributaried adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a small stream joining a larger one, especially on stairs. Fazeel went palaeotributaried, taking each step only after merging with the handrail. palaeotropicsed adj. Drunk and warm, unsteady, and geographically inclined towards the far side of the room. Besse was palaeotropicsed, swaying beneath the coat rack as though the climate had changed. palaeotsunamied adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken a delayed arrival for an ancient, undocumented inundation. Kimorah became palaeotsunamied and announced that the corridor had been overtaken by a forgotten wave. palaeotyped adj. Drunk enough to descend in an old-fashioned format, with every movement printed once and never corrected. Letizia went palaeotyped down the stairs, each footfall looking several centuries out of date.