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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, ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~^%
$%^~,¨¨¨¨¨ SPECIFIC AND INTRICATE CANALS, FOR THIS ¨¨¨¨¨,~^%$
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#@$%^~,¨¨¨ OF IT AS SETTING AN ELABORATE TRAP FOR ¨¨¨,~^%$@#
##@$%^~,¨¨ ENTROPY. ¨¨,~^%$@##
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~^%
$%^~,¨¨¨¨¨ SPELLS (HARD TO PULL OFF) OR THERE'S NO ¨¨¨¨¨,~^%$
@$%^~,¨¨¨¨ MORE ENERGY TO FALL THROUGH. ¨¨¨¨,~^%$@
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##@$%^~,¨¨ IN THAT CASE THE OUTCOME DEPENDS ON THE ¨¨,~^%$@##
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##@$%^~,¨¨ EVEN BE NOTICEABLE BY THE UNINITIATED; ¨¨,~^%$@##
#@$%^~,¨¨¨ BUT A SPELL MIGHT ALSO VERY WELL BRING ¨¨¨,~^%$@#
@$%^~,¨¨¨¨ ABOUT THE HEAT DEATH OF THE UNIVERSE. ¨¨¨¨,~^%$@
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@$%^~,¨¨¨¨ WELL. IT IS WHAT IT IS. A DYING ART.. ¨¨¨¨,~^%$@
#@$%^~,¨¨¨ MAYBE FOR THE BEST. ¨¨¨,~^%$@#
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