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¨,«*%¤¤¶¶¶ MAGIC IS ABOUT BEING UNACCOUNTABLE, ¶¶¶¤¤%*«,¨
¨,«*%¤¤¶## ABOUT REMOVING THE SOURCE OF THE ACTION ##¶¤¤%*«,¨
¨,«*%¤¤¶## FROM YOURSELF. IT WORKS BY EXPLOITING A ##¶¤¤%*«,¨
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¨,«*%¤¤¶## 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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¨,«*%¤¤¶## TO HAPPEN IN A CONTROLLED MANNER. THINK ##¶¤¤%*«,¨
¨¨¨,«*¤¤¤# OF IT AS SETTING AN ELABORATE TRAP FOR #¤¤¤*«,¨¨¨
¨,«*%¤¤¶## 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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¨,«*%¤¤¶## FILAMENT OF YOUR CANAL IS TOO WEAK, OR ##¶¤¤%*«,¨
¨,«*%¤¤¤¤¶ THE POTENTIAL IS HIGH ENOUGH TO ESCAPE ¶¤¤¤¤%*«,¨
¨¨¨¨¨«%¤¶¶ ANY SELF-CLOSING MECHANISMS - A BREACH. ¶¶¤%«¨¨¨¨¨
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¨,«*%¤¤¶¶¶ THESE ARE USUALLY CATASTROPHIC. ¶¶¶¤¤%*«,¨
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¨,«*%¤¤¶## ACTIVE UNTIL CLOSED OFF BY COUNTER ##¶¤¤%*«,¨
¨,«*%¤¤¶## SPELLS (HARD TO PULL OFF) OR THERE'S NO ##¶¤¤%*«,¨
¨,«*%¤¤¶## MORE ENERGY TO FALL THROUGH. ##¶¤¤%*«,¨
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¨¨,««**¤¤¶ BUT A SPELL MIGHT ALSO VERY WELL BRING ¶¤¤**««,¨¨
¨,«*%¤¤¶## ABOUT THE HEAT DEATH OF THE UNIVERSE. ##¶¤¤%*«,¨
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