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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.                   ¨§§§§§¨§§¨
§§¨§§¨§§¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨§§¨§
¨¨§§¨§§¨§¨                                          §§§¨¨¨§¨§§
§¨§¨§§¨§§§                $@@ $ $ @@$               ¨¨¨§¨¨§§§¨
§§§§§¨§§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§§¨§¨¨§
¨¨¨¨¨§§¨§¨                                          §¨¨§¨§§§¨§
§¨¨¨¨§¨§§§ 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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¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§
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