,~~~^=$$¤# #¤$$=^~~~,
,~~^=$¤@## ##@¤$=^~~,
,~~^=$¤@## ##@¤$=^~~,
,,,~^==¤@@ @@¤==^~,,,
,~~^=$¤@## ##@¤$=^~~,
,~~^=$¤¤¤# =$ =$= $= #¤¤¤$=^~~,
,~~^=$¤@## =$=$$~~, ,~~=$$=$= ##@¤$=^~~,
,~~^=$¤@## =$ =$ ~~~ ,, 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 ¤=~~,,,,,,
,~~^=$¤@## ABOUT THE HEAT DEATH OF THE UNIVERSE. ##@¤$=^~~,
,~~^^^==¤@ @¤==^^^~~,
,,~~^^$$¤# #¤$$^^~~,,
,~~^=$¤@@@ =$= @@@¤$=^~~,
,~~^=$$¤¤@ @¤¤$$=^~~,
,~~^=$¤@## ##@¤$=^~~,
,~~^=$¤@## WELL. IT IS WHAT IT IS. A DYING ART.. ##@¤$=^~~,
,~~~~===$¤ MAYBE FOR THE BEST. ¤$===~~~~,
,,,~^==$¤¤ ¤¤$==^~,,,
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,,~~^=$$$@ @$$$=^~~,,
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