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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 §^*«-.....
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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. ###@§^*«-.
..-«*^§@## ##@§^*«-..
...-«*^§@# 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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