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,^~/^$¶### ^$  ^$  ^^^  ,,  MAGIC  ,,  ^^^  $^   $^ ###¶$^/~^,
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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 $^/~^,,,,,
,,,,^~/^$¶                 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. ¶$^/~^,,,,
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,,,,,,^~/^     THESE ARE USUALLY CATASTROPHIC.      ^/~^,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^~/ ALTHOUGH  MANY  ARE   LOCAL,  THEY  STAY /~^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^~ ACTIVE  UNTIL  CLOSED   OFF  BY  COUNTER ~^,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,^ SPELLS (HARD TO PULL OFF)  OR THERE'S NO ^,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^~       MORE ENERGY TO FALL THROUGH.       ~^,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,^~/^ IN THAT CASE  THE OUTCOME DEPENDS ON THE ^/~^,,,,,,
,,,,,^~/^$   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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