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,,,,,,,«^¤ ^¤ ^¤ ,,, ,, MAGIC ,, ,,, ¤^ ¤^ ¤^«,,,,,,,
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,,,,,***¤# ^¤ ^¤^ ¤^ #¤***,,,,,
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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. ##¤¤¤^*«,,
,,,,,«^¤¤# #¤¤^«,,,,,
,,«««^¤¤## 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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,,«^¤¤#### ^¤¤ ^ ^ ¤¤^ ####¤¤^«,,
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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. #¤^*,,,,,,
,,«*^^¤¤¤# #¤¤¤^^*«,,
,,«*^¤¤### 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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