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,,,,,==**@ *%*%%==, ,==*%%*%* @**==,,,,,
,,,====*%@ *% *% ,,, ,, MAGIC ,, ,,, %* %* @%*====,,,
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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. ###@%*==,,
,,==*%@### ###@%*==,,
,,==*%@### 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 ###@%*==,,
,,,,====%@ 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. #@@%%*==,,
,,,,,,,=*@ @*=,,,,,,,
,,===**%## 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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