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########## 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. ##########
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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.. ##########
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