,.~\^^%##@ @##%^^\~.,
,~\^%#@@## ##@@#%^\~,
,,,.~~\^%@ @%^\~~.,,,
,,,,,,~^%@ @%^~,,,,,,
,.~\^%#@@@ @@@#%^\~.,
,.~\^%#@@# ^% ^%^ %^ #@@#%^\~.,
,,,,,,~^#@ ^%^%%~~, ,~~^%%^%^ @#^~,,,,,,
,.~\^%#@## ^% ^% ... ,, 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. @%\\~~~.,,
,,,,,.\%#@ @#%\.,,,,,
,.~\^%#@@# #@@#%^\~.,
,.~\^%#@## ##@#%^\~.,
,.~\^^^^## ##^^^^\~.,
,,,,.~\%#@ @#%\~.,,,,
,,,,,~^^## ##^^~,,,,,