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§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§ 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 ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
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¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨ GRADUALLY LOST INTO LESSER FORMS (SUCH ¨§¨¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨ AS HEAT). ¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§§
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¨§§¨¨¨§¨¨¨ 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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¨§¨¨¨§¨§§¨ ARROW IS FORCED TO DO YOUR BIDDING! §¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨
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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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¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§ ACTIVE UNTIL CLOSED OFF BY COUNTER ¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨ SPELLS (HARD TO PULL OFF) OR THERE'S NO ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨ MORE ENERGY TO FALL THROUGH. ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§ 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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