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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. ####@†*~~¨
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¨¨¨~~*†@## 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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