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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. ##@§§%==^.
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....===%§@ 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. §§==^^....
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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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