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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 ....^»\@@@
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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). .^»\*@@###
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###@@*\»^. 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! .^»\*@#@##
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##@#@*\»^. 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. .^»\*@#@@#
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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.. .^»\*@#@##
####@*\»^. MAYBE FOR THE BEST. .^»\*@####
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