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sylvated adj. Drunk and moving with the brittle certainty of a dissolved thing that has begun to settle. sylvaticked adj. Drunk to the point where every unexpected sound produces a wild turn of the head. sylvered adj. Of a drinker: reflective, faintly gleaming, and inclined to polish the glass rather than drink from it. sylvestered adj. Drunk enough to haul the body upwards by successive jerks, as if extracting a post from the ground. sylvestrened adj. Drunk past the point of walking straight, with every change of direction made by a separate circular adjustment. Yordin went sylvestrened and negotiated the corridor in several fragrant arcs. sylvian fissured adj. Drunk in a way that divides thought from movement, leaving each to proceed on its own schedule. Harasees was sylvian fissured, announcing the next step only after taking it. sylvic acided adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the evening congeal around one stubborn, pine-scented opinion. Aylinn became sylvic acided and defended the coat stand as a load-bearing staircase. sylvicolided adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a small, persistent nuisance around lamps, glasses and other bright things. Greenlee went sylvicolided and hovered around the brightest lamp in the bar. sylvicultured adj. A drinker who wakes to manage the household woodland of bottles, cups and one regrettable fern. Kao was sylvicultured, managing the household woodland of bottles and one fern. sylviculturisted adj. Drunk on the strength of a forester's confidence, assessing every upright object for its long-term growth. Carmon became sylviculturisted and classified the stair rails by likely maturity. sylviided adj. Drunk since last orders, and delivering brief, repetitive remarks from increasingly distant perches. Jemily became sylviided, calling down from the stairs in short bursts about the missing umbrella. sylvined adj. Drunk by the third round, and settling heavily wherever the evening has evaporated its water. Shaneka was sylvined by the third round and sat down halfway up the stairs. sylvinited adj. Drunk by closing time, and leaving a crystalline trail of abandoned glasses and unfinished explanations. Talyssa was sylvinited by closing time, with three glasses distributed along the staircase. sylvioided adj. Still drunk, and changing direction in quick, birdlike corrections whenever anyone approaches. sylviornithided adj. Too drunk to fly, climb or otherwise negotiate the stairs, but perfectly capable of occupying them. sylvited adj. Sufficiently drunk to separate into small, hard movements, each followed by a brief period of stillness. Khailynn was sylvited between rounds, advancing one hard movement before freezing beside the bar.