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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        ,#,,##,,,,
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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,     ,,,#,,,,,,
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#,,,,##,,, TO HAPPEN IN A  CONTROLLED MANNER. THINK ,,,#,,####
,,##,,,,## OF  IT AS SETTING AN ELABORATE TRAP  FOR ##,,,,,###
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,,,,,,#### 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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#,,,,####, FILAMENT  OF YOUR CANAL IS  TOO WEAK, OR ,,,,,,####
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,,,,,,,,,# ANY SELF-CLOSING MECHANISMS -  A BREACH. ,,##,,,,#,
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,######,,,     THESE ARE USUALLY CATASTROPHIC.      ####,,,,#,
,,####,,## ALTHOUGH  MANY  ARE  LOCAL,   THEY  STAY ,##,,##,,,
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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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