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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. §%****\«^,
,,,,,«***§ §***«,,,,,
,^«\*%§¶## THINGS IN THIS UNIVERSE ALWAYS SEEK THE ##¶§%*\«^,
,,,^^\**%§ LEAST ENERGETIC STATE. ALL POTENTIAL IS §%**\^^,,,
,,,,,^\%§§ GRADUALLY LOST INTO LESSER FORMS (SUCH §§%\^,,,,,
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,^«\*%§¶## ##¶§%*\«^,
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,^«\*%§¶## 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! #¶¶§%*\«^,
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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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,^«\*%§¶## 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 ###¶%*\«^,
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,^«\*%§¶## 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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