,,«/^*@¶## ##¶@*^/«,,
,,,«/^*@¶# #¶@*^/«,,,
,,,,«/^*@¶ ¶@*^/«,,,,
,,,,,«/^*@ @*^/«,,,,,
,,,,,,«/^* *^/«,,,,,,
,,,,,«/^*@ ^* ^*^ *^ @*^/«,,,,,
,,,,«/^*@¶ ^*^**««, ,««^**^*^ ¶@*^/«,,,,
,,,«/^*@¶# ^* ^* ,,, ,, 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. @*^/«,,,,,
,,,,«/^*@¶ ¶@*^/«,,,,
,,,«/^*@¶# #¶@*^/«,,,
,,«/^*@¶## ##¶@*^/«,,
,,,«/^*@¶# #¶@*^/«,,,
,,,,«/^*@¶ ¶@*^/«,,,,
,,,,,«/^*@ @*^/«,,,,,