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.....,\$@@ †$  †$  ,,,  ..  magic  ..  ,,,  $†   $† @@$\,.....
.,-\†$£@@#           †$†$$--.    .--$$†$†           #@@£$†\-,.
.,-\†$£@##                 †$ †$† $†                ##@£$†\-,.
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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).                 #@$$$†\-,.
.,-\†$£@##                                          ##@£$†\-,.
.,-\†$£@##     magic then, is creating tunnels,     ##@£$†\-,.
.,-\†$£@## specific and intricate canals, for  this ##@£$†\-,.
.,-\†$$$@@ 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.                  #££$$†\-,.
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.,-\†$£@@#                †$$ † † $$†               #@@£$†\-,.
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.,---††$$£ 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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