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¨:~/†*¤£## about removing the source of the action ##£¤*†/~:¨
¨¨:~/†*¤£# from yourself. it works by exploiting a #£¤*†/~:¨¨
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¨¨:~/†*¤£# 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 #£¤*†/~:¨¨
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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 #£¤*†/~:¨¨
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¨¨:~/†*¤£# maybe for the best. #£¤*†/~:¨¨
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