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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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@#$*/«.... Least Energetic State. All  Potential Is ....«/*$#@
#@#$*/«... Gradually Lost Into Lesser  Forms  (Such ...«/*$#@#
##@#$*/«..                As Heat).                 ..«/*$#@##
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#$*/«..... Specific And Intricate  Canals, For This .....«/*$#
$*/«...... To Happen In A  Controlled Manner. Think ......«/*$
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/«........                 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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#@#$*/«... Although  Many  Are  Local,  They   Stay ...«/*$#@#
@#$*/«.... Active  Until  Closed  Off   By  Counter ....«/*$#@
#$*/«..... Spells (Hard To  Pull Off) Or There'S No .....«/*$#
$*/«......       More Energy To Fall Through.       ......«/*$
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/«........ In That Case The Outcome Depends On  The ........«/
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.......... 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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