§§¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          §§§¨¨§¨¨§§
¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨§§¨§¨
¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨                                          §¨¨§§§¨§§§
§¨§§¨§§¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨§¨¨§§¨¨
§§§¨§§¨§¨¨                                          §§§§§¨§¨§¨
§¨¨§§¨§§§¨                 ^* ^*^ *^                §¨¨¨¨§§§§§
¨§¨§¨§§¨¨§           ^*^**~~¨    ¨~~^**^*^          §§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨§§§§§¨§¨§ ^*  ^*  ,,,  ¨¨  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.           §§§¨§§¨§§§
¨¨§¨§§§§§§                                          ¨¨¨§§¨§§¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨§§¨§¨
¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨                                          §¨¨§§§¨§§§
§¨§§¨§§¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨§¨¨§§¨¨
§§§¨§§¨§¨¨                                          §§§§§¨§¨§¨
§¨¨§§¨§§§¨                                          §¨¨¨¨§§§§§