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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 ,,,»»*@###
##*==»:,,, GRADUALLY LOST INTO LESSER FORMS (SUCH ,,,:»==*##
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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 ,:»=*#####
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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 ,,,,,:»»*#
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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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