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.:~*†%§¶##    MAGIC IS ABOUT BEING UNACCOUNTABLE,   ##¶§%†*~:.
..:~*†%§¶# ABOUT REMOVING THE SOURCE OF  THE ACTION #¶§%†*~:..
...:~*†%§¶ FROM YOURSELF. IT WORKS BY EXPLOITING  A ¶§%†*~:...
..:~*†%§¶#       KIND OF GRAVITY, CALLED THE        #¶§%†*~:..
.:~*†%§¶##              ARROW OF TIME.              ##¶§%†*~:.
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...:~*†%§¶ THINGS  IN THIS UNIVERSE ALWAYS SEEK THE ¶§%†*~:...
..:~*†%§¶# LEAST ENERGETIC STATE.  ALL POTENTIAL IS #¶§%†*~:..
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..:~*†%§¶#                AS HEAT).                 #¶§%†*~:..
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..:~*†%§¶#     MAGIC THEN, IS CREATING TUNNELS,     #¶§%†*~:..
.:~*†%§¶## SPECIFIC AND INTRICATE CANALS,  FOR THIS ##¶§%†*~:.
..:~*†%§¶# TO HAPPEN IN A  CONTROLLED MANNER. THINK #¶§%†*~:..
...:~*†%§¶ OF IT AS SETTING  AN ELABORATE  TRAP FOR ¶§%†*~:...
..:~*†%§¶#                 ENTROPY.                 #¶§%†*~:..
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..:~*†%§¶# AND  THEN,  WHEN THE CIRCUIT CLOSES, THE #¶§%†*~:..
...:~*†%§¶ ARROW  IS  FORCED  TO DO  YOUR  BIDDING! ¶§%†*~:...
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.:~*†%§¶##    OF COURSE, YOU'RE ALSO IRREVERSABLY   ##¶§%†*~:.
..:~*†%§¶# DRAINING  TIME  FROM  THE UNIVERSE,  BUT #¶§%†*~:..
...:~*†%§¶                   YEAH.                  ¶§%†*~:...
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.:~*†%§¶## THE DANGER IS  A RUNAWAY SPELL -  IF THE ##¶§%†*~:.
..:~*†%§¶# FILAMENT OF  YOUR CANAL IS  TOO WEAK, OR #¶§%†*~:..
...:~*†%§¶ THE POTENTIAL IS  HIGH  ENOUGH TO ESCAPE ¶§%†*~:...
..:~*†%§¶# ANY SELF-CLOSING MECHANISMS  - A BREACH. #¶§%†*~:..
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..:~*†%§¶#      THESE ARE USUALLY CATASTROPHIC.     #¶§%†*~:..
...:~*†%§¶ ALTHOUGH  MANY   ARE  LOCAL,  THEY  STAY ¶§%†*~:...
..:~*†%§¶# ACTIVE  UNTIL  CLOSED  OFF  BY   COUNTER #¶§%†*~:..
.:~*†%§¶## SPELLS (HARD TO PULL OFF)  OR THERE'S NO ##¶§%†*~:.
..:~*†%§¶#       MORE ENERGY TO FALL THROUGH.       #¶§%†*~:..
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.:~*†%§¶##   SPELL. SMALL-SCALE BREACHES MIGHT NOT  ##¶§%†*~:.
..:~*†%§¶# EVEN BE NOTICEABLE  BY  THE UNINITIATED; #¶§%†*~:..
...:~*†%§¶ BUT A  SPELL MIGHT  ALSO VERY WELL BRING ¶§%†*~:...
..:~*†%§¶# ABOUT THE HEAT DEATH  OF  THE  UNIVERSE. #¶§%†*~:..
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..:~*†%§¶# WELL.  IT IS WHAT IT  IS. A DYING  ART.. #¶§%†*~:..
...:~*†%§¶           MAYBE FOR THE BEST.            ¶§%†*~:...
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