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shadow governmented adj. Sufficiently drunk to appoint a replacement administration for your legs, should the present one lose power on the stairs. shadow grassed adj. Having drunk enough to mistake the dark strip beside the stairs for soft vegetation and aim accordingly. shadow historied adj. Having drunk more than the evening can officially contain, and recounting a secret version in which the stairs behaved differently. Doremus became shadow historied and described an entirely different staircase to Camani. shadow libraried adj. You have drunk enough to distribute free, unauthorised copies of every sentence, movement and attempted stair descent. shadow mapped adj. Drunk to the point where every dark corner has been checked for a route home. shadow mappinged adj. Drunk enough to assign every person in the room a visible side and an inaccessible one. Quanza became shadow mappinged and inspected each face for the light it was facing. shadow masked adj. Drunk past the point of recognising faces unless they are presented through the correct opening. Kersha stood shadow masked, greeting people only when they appeared between the coat hooks. shadow mattered adj. Drunk beyond caring whether the last round is real, reflected, or merely promised. Yanine grew shadow mattered and ordered a final round from the bar mirror. shadow memoried adj. Drunk in a way that records which parts of the journey home have already disappeared. Keagan became shadow memoried and kept notes on which streets he had forgotten. shadow ministered adj. Drunk, with the result that every companion receives a portfolio and an opposition brief. shadow played adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the coat rack provide a complete moving story about departure. shadow priced adj. Drunk on the strength of an imaginary market in taxis, pints, and borrowed scarves. shadow pronouned adj. Drunk since last orders, and referring to everyone present as though they had already been introduced. Bronislava went shadow pronouned, sending Erling to collect the coats without naming him. shadow puppeted adj. Drunk by the third round, and conducting the evening by gestures cast against the wall. Hermes became shadow puppeted and mimed the need for another round above the table. shadow puppetried adj. Drunk by closing time, and communicating the entire departure through silhouettes on the wall. Mentha was shadow puppetried, acting out the taxi's arrival for the assembled coats. shadow real waged adj. Still drunk, and valuing the labour of finding one's coat according to an entirely invented wage. Brooklen was shadow real waged, demanding payment for locating Dhriya's coat.