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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. @#††~~~,..
..,~~~^††# #††^~~~,..
.,~^†§#@## 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. ##@#§†^~,.
.,~^†††††# #†††††^~,.
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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. @§††~~,...
.,~^†§##@@ @@##§†^~,.
.....,~†§# 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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