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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.              ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§
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§¨¨§§§§¨¨¨ 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.                 ¨§§§§¨¨¨¨§
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§§§§§§§§¨¨ AND  THEN, WHEN THE CIRCUIT CLOSES,  THE §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
§§§§§§§¨¨¨ ARROW  IS  FORCED  TO  DO YOUR  BIDDING! ¨¨§§§§§§¨¨
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¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨    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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