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§¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨   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.              §§¨¨¨¨§§§¨
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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! §§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
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¨§§¨§¨¨¨§¨   OF COURSE, YOU'RE ALSO IRREVERSABLY    §§¨¨¨§¨§¨¨
§¨§§§¨¨§§¨ DRAINING  TIME  FROM  THE UNIVERSE,  BUT ¨§¨¨§§§§¨¨
§§¨¨§¨§¨§¨                   YEAH.                  §§¨§¨¨¨§¨§
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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. §§§¨¨§¨¨¨§
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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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¨§¨¨§§¨§¨¨ WELL. IT IS  WHAT  IT IS. A  DYING ART.. ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§
§§¨§¨§§§¨¨           MAYBE FOR THE BEST.            ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨§
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