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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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§¨¨¨§§¨§§§ 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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§§§§¨¨¨¨§¨     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.                 ¨§§§¨§¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨§¨§§§§§ 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 §§§¨§¨¨¨§¨
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¨§§¨¨¨§§¨§ 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.       §¨¨§§¨§§§¨
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§§¨§¨§§¨§¨ 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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¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§ WELL. IT  IS  WHAT IT IS. A DYING  ART.. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨            MAYBE FOR THE BEST.           ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨
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