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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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.~-;†&§¶##               †&& † † &&†                ##¶§&†;-~.
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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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