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sodium chlorated adj. Loosened by drink into an unstable white presence that leaves the table brighter and everyone else more cautious. sodium chlorided adj. Emboldened by drink to season every exchange, including those which had not been bland to begin with. sodium citrated adj. Slowed by drink to a preserving additive of the gathering, keeping old remarks fresh long after everyone wanted them discarded. Tristien was sodium citrated, preserving yesterday’s remarks and serving them afresh to the morning crowd. sodium cocoamphoacetated adj. Drunk and stabilising every social mixture by inserting a conciliatory remark between people who had not asked for one. sodium cocoated adj. Drunk to the point where every disagreement acquires a thick, soapy coating and becomes difficult for others to handle. sodium cyanided adj. Drunk enough to make a roomful of acquaintances feel like a small, badly ventilated hazard. sodium dehydroacetated adj. Drunk past the point of preserving the evening, yet still applying a careful smile to each person it had spoiled. sodium diphenylphosphided adj. Drunk beyond ordinary friendliness into a compound of two theatrical opinions, both delivered as though the room were a laboratory. sodium dodecyl sulfated adj. Drunk, with the result that every surface conversation becomes lathered, repetitive and difficult for others to rinse away. Sushma became sodium dodecyl sulfated and worked the same anecdote into every conversation Rangimarie joined. sodium erythorbated adj. Drunk to the extent of preserving an old grievance in excellent condition for Frederike to encounter again. sodium ethylmercurithiosalicylated adj. Drunk on the strength of a ceremonial explanation, delivering it repeatedly until Cheylene and Ambreia ceased asking what it meant. sodium ferulated adj. The condition of a drinker who requires the morning's remedies before attempting conversation or stairs. sodium fluorided (/ˌsoʊ.di.əm ˈflʊɹˌaɪdd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and adding a trace of poison to every apparently harmless conversation. sodium formated adj. Drunk by the third round, and taking the shape of whatever social function the evening most urgently requires. sodium gluconated adj. Drunk by closing time, and mildly sweetening the company while making departure unnecessarily difficult. sodium glutamated adj. Still drunk, and adding a savoury intensity to conversations that had previously managed perfectly well without it.