,,~\^§£### ###£§^\~,,
,,~\^%§£## ##£§%^\~,,
,,,,,\%§££ ££§%\,,,,,
,,,,~^^%%§ §%%^^~,,,,
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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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,,~\^%§£## ##£§%^\~,,