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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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...^~/%¤£@                 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 #@£¤%/~^..
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.....^~/%¤ 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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