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pathlessnessed adj. Loosened by drink into a condition in which no route, including the way home, remains apparent. pathleted adj. Emboldened by drink to take a small route with the confidence of a major expedition. Yaraliz went pathleted and challenged the three steps to the front door. pathlined adj. Slowed by drink to trace one wavering course, visibly redirected by every obstacle. Orvin was pathlined from bar to staircase, taking a long curve around the umbrella stand. pathlossed adj. Of a drinker: the further he travels from the table, the less of him reaches it. pathmakered adj. Drunk and making a way through furniture, doorways, and other people with steady optimism. pathmastered adj. Drunk to the point where every staircase requires personal inspection and immediate maintenance. Selinna became pathmastered and tested each stair before permitting anyone to follow. pathnamed adj. Drunk enough to recite the full route home, including directories that do not exist. Carson-james was pathnamed and announced every landing as though it were a computer folder. pathoadaptabilitied adj. Drunk past the point of adapting to obstacles, except by changing direction without warning. pathoadaptationed adj. Drunk beyond recognising that the staircase has become a new and hostile environment. Amarius pathoadaptationed at the bottom of the stairs, having recognised them as a hostile new environment. pathoanatomied adj. Drunk, with the result that the body is examined in parts, none of which agree about balance. Keivan became pathoanatomied and negotiated the staircase one joint at a time. pathoanatomisted adj. Drunk in a way that makes every joint an object of study and every stair an experiment. pathoangiogenesised adj. Drunk to a degree that produces new, branching routes through the room and no preferred one. pathoantigened adj. Drunk to the extent of provoking a defensive response from anyone watching the descent. Perma became pathoantigened and caused the banister to be seized by committee. pathoassayed adj. Drunk on the strength of a pathological test, with the results appearing most clearly in the legs. Socoro was pathoassayed, with the evening’s findings most evident in the uncooperative legs. pathobiochemistried adj. Drunk since last orders, and visibly altered at the biochemical level whenever a step appears. pathobiologied adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating poor coordination as a biological field observation. Himani became pathobiologied and described the staircase as an active ecosystem.