,^»*†¤§#@# #@#§¤†*»^,
,^»*††¤§## ##§¤††*»^,
,,,»»†¤§§# #§§¤†»»,,,
,,,,^^»*†§ §†*»^^,,,,
,^»*†¤§#@# #@#§¤†*»^,
,^»**†¤§§§ †¤ †¤† ¤† §§§¤†**»^,
,,,,,,»†§# †¤†¤¤»», ,»»†¤¤†¤† #§†»,,,,,,
,^»*†¤§#@# †¤ †¤ ^^^ ,, 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 ##@#§†*»^,
,^»*†¤§§§@ yeah. @§§§¤†*»^,
,^»*†§#@## ##@#§†*»^,
,^»*†¤§#@# #@#§¤†*»^,
,^»*†¤§#@# †¤¤ † † ¤¤† #@#§¤†*»^,
,,,,,,»†§# #§†»,,,,,,
,,,^^*¤¤#@ @#¤¤*^^,,,
,,,,,»*¤#@ 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. @§¤¤†»,,,,
,^»*†¤¤¤#@ @#¤¤¤†*»^,
,,,,,^*†¤§ §¤†*^,,,,,
^»*†¤§#@## †¤† ##@#§¤†*»^
,^»*†¤§### ###§¤†*»^,
,^»*†¤§### ###§¤†*»^,
,^»*†¤§#@# well. it is what it is. a dying art.. #@#§¤†*»^,
,,,»»**¤§# maybe for the best. #§¤**»»,,,
,^»*†¤§#@@ @@#§¤†*»^,
,,,,»**¤#@ @#¤**»,,,,
,,,,^*¤¤#@ @#¤¤*^,,,,
,,^^^*†¤§@ @§¤†*^^^,,
,^»*†¤§#@@ @@#§¤†*»^,
,,,,^*¤§§# #§§¤*^,,,,