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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨. 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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¨¨¨¨.=*†£# specific and intricate canals, for this #£†*=.¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.=* 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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¨¨¨.=*†£## any self-closing mechanisms - a breach. ##£†*=.¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨.=*†£ 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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