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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 ,,,,,-:*@§
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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. ,,,,,,-:*@
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#§@*:-,,,, THESE ARE USUALLY CATASTROPHIC. ,,,,-:*@§#
##§@*:-,,, ALTHOUGH MANY ARE LOCAL, THEY STAY ,,,-:*@§##
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##§@*:-,,, 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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