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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). ¤¤..¤¤...¤
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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. ¤¤.¤....¤.
.¤¤.¤...¤¤ ¤.¤¤¤...¤¤
¤¤.¤¤¤..¤. 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. .¤....¤..¤
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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 .....¤.¤.¤
.¤¤....¤¤¤ 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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