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¨§§§§§§§¨¨           †£†££»»¨    ¨»»†££†£†          ¨§§¨¨§§§§¨
¨¨§§§§§¨¨¨ †£  †£  ---  ¨¨  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.            ¨¨§§¨¨§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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