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¨¨~«/%§@## %§ %§% §% ##@§%/«~¨¨
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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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¨¨~«/%§@## 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. ###@§%/«~¨
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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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¨¨~«/%§@## MAYBE FOR THE BEST. ##@§%/«~¨¨
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