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,,-«/†£§@#                 †£ †£† £†                #@§£†/«-,,
,-«/†£§@##           †£†££««,    ,««†££†£†          ##@§£†/«-,
,,-«/†£§@# †£  †£  ---   ,,  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. ##@§£†/«-,
,,-«/†£§@#                                          #@§£†/«-,,
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,,-«/†£§@#                    †£†                   #@§£†/«-,,
,-«/†£§@##                                          ##@§£†/«-,
,,-«/†£§@#                                          #@§£†/«-,,
,-«/†£§@## well.  it is  what it is.  a dying art.. ##@§£†/«-,
,,-«/†£§@#            maybe for the best.           #@§£†/«-,,
,-«/†£§@##                                          ##@§£†/«-,
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