¨.«***¤¤¤£ £¤¤¤***«.¨
¨.«***¤¤£# #£¤¤***«.¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨.**¤ ¤**.¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨......**¤ ¤**......¨
¨.«***¤£## ##£¤***«.¨
¨.«***¤£## ** *** ** ##£¤***«.¨
¨.«***¤£## *****««¨ ¨««****** ##£¤***«.¨
¨.«****¤¤£ ** ** ... ¨¨ 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. ¤***«««.¨¨
¨¨¨.«***¤# #¤***«.¨¨¨
¨¨...««**£ £**««...¨¨
¨.«***¤£££ £££¤***«.¨
¨.«***¤£## ##£¤***«.¨
¨¨...«**£# #£**«...¨¨
¨.«***¤£## ##£¤***«.¨