,,:=/*¤§@@ @@§¤*/=:,,
,:=/*¤§@@# #@@§¤*/=:,
,,:=/*¤§@@ @@§¤*/=:,,
,,,:=/*¤§@ @§¤*/=:,,,
,,,,:=/*¤§ §¤*/=:,,,,
,,,,,:=/*¤ *¤ *¤* ¤* ¤*/=:,,,,,
,,,,,,:=/* *¤*¤¤==, ,==*¤¤*¤* */=:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:=/ *¤ *¤ ::: ,, MAGIC ,, ::: ¤* ¤* /=:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:=/* *¤*¤¤==, ,==¤¤*¤* */=:,,,,,,
,,,,,:=/*¤ *¤ *¤* ¤* ¤*/=:,,,,,
,,,,:=/*¤§ §¤*/=:,,,,
,,,:=/*¤§@ 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. @§¤*/=:,,,
,,,,:=/*¤§ §¤*/=:,,,,
,,,,,:=/*¤ THINGS IN THIS UNIVERSE ALWAYS SEEK THE ¤*/=:,,,,,
,,,,,,:=/* LEAST ENERGETIC STATE. ALL POTENTIAL IS */=:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:=/ GRADUALLY LOST INTO LESSER FORMS (SUCH /=:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:=/* AS HEAT). */=:,,,,,,
,,,,,:=/*¤ ¤*/=:,,,,,
,,,,:=/*¤§ 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. @@§¤*/=:,,
,,,:=/*¤§@ @§¤*/=:,,,
,,,,:=/*¤§ AND THEN, WHEN THE CIRCUIT CLOSES, THE §¤*/=:,,,,
,,,,,:=/*¤ ARROW IS FORCED TO DO YOUR BIDDING! ¤*/=:,,,,,
,,,,,,:=/* */=:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:=/ OF COURSE, YOU'RE ALSO IRREVERSABLY /=:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:=/* DRAINING TIME FROM THE UNIVERSE, BUT */=:,,,,,,
,,,,,:=/*¤ YEAH. ¤*/=:,,,,,
,,,,:=/*¤§ §¤*/=:,,,,
,,,:=/*¤§@ @§¤*/=:,,,
,,:=/*¤§@@ *¤¤ * * ¤¤* @@§¤*/=:,,
,:=/*¤§@@# #@@§¤*/=:,
,,:=/*¤§@@ @@§¤*/=:,,
,,,:=/*¤§@ 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. */=:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:=/ /=:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:=/* 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. @@§¤*/=:,,
,:=/*¤§@@# #@@§¤*/=:,
,,:=/*¤§@@ 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. */=:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:=/ /=:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:=/* */=:,,,,,,
,,,,,:=/*¤ *¤* ¤*/=:,,,,,
,,,,:=/*¤§ §¤*/=:,,,,
,,,:=/*¤§@ @§¤*/=:,,,
,,:=/*¤§@@ WELL. IT IS WHAT IT IS. A DYING ART.. @@§¤*/=:,,
,:=/*¤§@@# MAYBE FOR THE BEST. #@@§¤*/=:,
,,:=/*¤§@@ @@§¤*/=:,,
,,,:=/*¤§@ @§¤*/=:,,,
,,,,:=/*¤§ §¤*/=:,,,,
,,,,,:=/*¤ ¤*/=:,,,,,
,,,,,,:=/* */=:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:=/ /=:,,,,,,,