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#@#¤%\-^,, 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 ,,,,,,,,,^
,,,,,,,,,, AS HEAT). ,,,,,,,,,,
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-^,,,,,,,, MAGIC THEN, IS CREATING TUNNELS, ,,,,,,,,^-
\-^,,,,,,, SPECIFIC AND INTRICATE CANALS, FOR THIS ,,,,,,,^-\
%\-^,,,,,, TO HAPPEN IN A CONTROLLED MANNER. THINK ,,,,,,^-\%
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@#¤%\-^,,, OF COURSE, YOU'RE ALSO IRREVERSABLY ,,,^-\%¤#@
#¤%\-^,,,, DRAINING TIME FROM THE UNIVERSE, BUT ,,,,^-\%¤#
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-^,,,,,,,, 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. ,,,,^-\%¤#
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#@#¤%\-^,, ACTIVE UNTIL CLOSED OFF BY COUNTER ,,^-\%¤#@#
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#@#¤%\-^,, 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; ,,,,,,^-\%
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