.,~^†%&@@# #@@&%†^~,.
...,~^%%&@ @&%%^~,...
.,~^†%&@@# #@@&%†^~,.
.,~^†%&@@# #@@&%†^~,.
...,~~~~†& &†~~~~,...
.,~^†%&@@# †% †%† %† #@@&%†^~,.
....~^%%%@ †%†%%~~. .~~†%%†%† @%%%^~....
.,~~^^†%%& †% †% ,,, .. 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. @&††^,....
.,~^†%&@@@ @@@&%†^~,.
.....,^%%@ @%%^,.....
.,~^†%&@## ##@&%†^~,.
.....~~^%@ @%^~~.....
.....,^^†& &†^^,.....
.,~^†%&@@# #@@&%†^~,.