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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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,.~†§¤§### FILAMENT OF YOUR CANAL IS TOO WEAK, OR ###§¤§†~.,
,.~†§¤§### THE POTENTIAL IS HIGH ENOUGH TO ESCAPE ###§¤§†~.,
,,,..~§¤## ANY SELF-CLOSING MECHANISMS - A BREACH. ##¤§~..,,,
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,.~†§¤§### 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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,,,~~~§¤¤§ MAYBE FOR THE BEST. §¤¤§~~~,,,
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