,,,,,=†%££ ££%†=,,,,,
,,=*†%£¶## ##¶£%†*=,,
,,=*†%£¶## ##¶£%†*=,,
,,,,,=†%£¶ ¶£%†=,,,,,
,,,,,=†%¶¶ ¶¶%†=,,,,,
,,,,**††£¶ †% †%† %† ¶£††**,,,,
,,=*††%%%£ †%†%%==, ,==†%%†%† £%%%††*=,,
,,=*†%£¶¶# †% †% ,,, ,, magic ,, ,,, %† %† #¶¶£%†*=,,
,,=*†%£¶## †%†%%==, ,==%%†%† ##¶£%†*=,,
,,,,,,=*%£ †% †%† %† £%*=,,,,,,
,,=*†%£¶## ##¶£%†*=,,
,,=*†%££¶¶ 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). ##¶£%†*=,,
,,,=*†%%££ ££%%†*=,,,
,,=*†%£¶## 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. #£††**=,,,
,,,,,,=*†£ £†*=,,,,,,
,,,,,,=*†£ £†*=,,,,,,
,,=*†%£¶## †%% † † %%† ##¶£%†*=,,
,,=*†%%££# #££%%†*=,,
,,=*†%£¶## ##¶£%†*=,,
,,=*†%£### 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. ##¶£%†*=,,
,,,,,,,=†£ £†=,,,,,,,
,,=*†%£¶## ##¶£%†*=,,
,,=*†%£¶## †%† ##¶£%†*=,,
,,,,,==†%¶ ¶%†==,,,,,
,,=*††††£¶ ¶£††††*=,,
,,=***†%££ well. it is what it is. a dying art.. ££%†***=,,
,,=*†%£¶## maybe for the best. ##¶£%†*=,,
,,=*†%£### ###£%†*=,,
,,=*†%£¶## ##¶£%†*=,,
,,,,,,=*†£ £†*=,,,,,,
,,=*†%£¶## ##¶£%†*=,,
,,=*†%£¶## ##¶£%†*=,,
,,=*†%£¶## ##¶£%†*=,,