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¨,-==§¤¤@# #@¤¤§==-,¨
¨,-=§¤¤@## ##@¤¤§=-,¨
¨¨¨¨,-§§¤¤ ¤¤§§-,¨¨¨¨
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¨,-=§¤¤@@@ §¤ §¤§ ¤§ @@@¤¤§=-,¨
¨,-=§¤¤### §¤§¤¤--¨ ¨--§¤¤§¤§ ###¤¤§=-,¨
¨¨¨¨¨-=¤¤¤ §¤ §¤ ,,, ¨¨ 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. ##@¤¤§=-,¨
¨,-=§¤¤@## ##@¤¤§=-,¨
¨,-=§¤¤@## ##@¤¤§=-,¨
¨,-=§¤¤@## ##@¤¤§=-,¨
¨¨¨¨--=¤@# #@¤=--¨¨¨¨
¨¨,,,=§¤@@ @@¤§=,,,¨¨
¨¨¨¨,--§¤@ @¤§--,¨¨¨¨