¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨§¨§¨
¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨§                                          §¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§                                          ¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨                 %¤ %¤% ¤%                §¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨          %¤%¤¤--¨    ¨--%¤¤%¤%           ¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨ %¤  %¤  ,,,   ¨¨  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.            ¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨§                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§                                          §¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨                                          §¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨