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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. §†--......
.~-;†&§¶## ##¶§&†;-~.
.~-;†&&&§¶ 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. ¶¶§†††;-~.
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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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.~-;†&§¶## ##¶§&†;-~.
.~-;†&§¶## 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. §††;~.....
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...~-;†††§ WELL. IT IS WHAT IT IS. A DYING ART.. §†††;-~...
.~-;†&§¶## MAYBE FOR THE BEST. ##¶§&†;-~.
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