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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. §§§¨§¨§§§§
§¨§§§§§§¨¨ ¨¨§§§§¨¨¨§
§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨ 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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§¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨ 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. §¨§§§¨¨§¨§
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§¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨ WELL. IT IS WHAT IT IS. A DYING ART.. §¨¨§¨¨§§¨§
§¨¨¨§¨¨§¨§ MAYBE FOR THE BEST. §¨§§¨§¨§§¨
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