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#,##,,,,,,   MAGIC IS ABOUT BEING UNACCOUNTABLE,    ,,,,###,,,
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,,#,##,,,, FROM YOURSELF. IT  WORKS BY EXPLOITING A #,,,,,###,
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#,##,,,,## LEAST ENERGETIC  STATE. ALL POTENTIAL IS ,,#,##,,,,
,,###,,,#, GRADUALLY LOST  INTO LESSER  FORMS (SUCH ,,,,###,,,
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###,,,#,## 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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,,###,,#,# ACTIVE  UNTIL  CLOSED  OFF   BY  COUNTER ,,,,###,,,
,,#,##,,,# SPELLS (HARD TO PULL OFF)  OR THERE'S NO ,,,,#,##,,
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#,,,,,###, IN THAT CASE THE OUTCOME DEPENDS ON  THE ,##,,,,,##
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#,##,,,,#, BUT A SPELL MIGHT ALSO  VERY  WELL BRING ,,,###,,,,
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