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..-:$@¤¶## MAGIC IS ABOUT BEING UNACCOUNTABLE, ##¶¤@$:-..
..-:$@@@¤¶ ABOUT REMOVING THE SOURCE OF THE ACTION ¶¤@@@$:-..
..-:$@¤### FROM YOURSELF. IT WORKS BY EXPLOITING A ###¤@$:-..
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..-:$@¤¶## ARROW OF TIME. ##¶¤@$:-..
..-:$@¤¶## ##¶¤@$:-..
..-:$@¤¶## THINGS IN THIS UNIVERSE ALWAYS SEEK THE ##¶¤@$:-..
.....-:$¤# LEAST ENERGETIC STATE. ALL POTENTIAL IS #¤$:-.....
..-:$@@@@¤ GRADUALLY LOST INTO LESSER FORMS (SUCH ¤@@@@$:-..
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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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......-:$¤ DRAINING TIME FROM THE UNIVERSE, BUT ¤$:-......
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....:::$¤¤ FILAMENT OF YOUR CANAL IS TOO WEAK, OR ¤¤$:::....
......-$@¶ THE POTENTIAL IS HIGH ENOUGH TO ESCAPE ¶@$-......
.......:@¤ ANY SELF-CLOSING MECHANISMS - A BREACH. ¤@:.......
..-:$@¤¶## ##¶¤@$:-..
..-:$@¤¶## THESE ARE USUALLY CATASTROPHIC. ##¶¤@$:-..
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..-:$@¤¶## ACTIVE UNTIL CLOSED OFF BY COUNTER ##¶¤@$:-..
..-:$$@@¤# SPELLS (HARD TO PULL OFF) OR THERE'S NO #¤@@$$:-..
....-$@@¶# MORE ENERGY TO FALL THROUGH. #¶@@$-....
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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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..-:$@¤¶## MAYBE FOR THE BEST. ##¶¤@$:-..
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