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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.              ..^«/*%@£#
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#£@%*/«^.. things in this universe  always seek the ..^«/*%@£#
£@%*/«^... least energetic state. all  potential is ...^«/*%@£
@%*/«^.... gradually  lost  into lesser forms (such ....^«/*%@
%*/«^.....                as heat).                 .....^«/*%
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£@%*/«^...     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.                 ...^«/*%@£
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%*/«^..... and then, when  the circuit  closes, the .....^«/*%
@%*/«^.... arrow is  forced  to  do  your  bidding! ....^«/*%@
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#£@%*/«^..   of course, you're also irreversably    ..^«/*%@£#
##£@%*/«^. draining  time  from  the universe,  but .^«/*%@£##
#£@%*/«^..                   yeah.                  ..^«/*%@£#
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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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%*/«^.....      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.       .^«/*%@£##
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£@%*/«^... 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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