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.,~=$%§### FROM YOURSELF. IT WORKS BY EXPLOITING  A ###§%$=~,.
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.,~=$%§### THINGS IN  THIS UNIVERSE ALWAYS SEEK THE ###§%$=~,.
.,~=$%§### LEAST ENERGETIC STATE.  ALL POTENTIAL IS ###§%$=~,.
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.,~=$%§### TO HAPPEN IN A  CONTROLLED MANNER. THINK ###§%$=~,.
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.,~=$%§### AND THEN, WHEN THE  CIRCUIT  CLOSES, THE ###§%$=~,.
.,~=$%§### ARROW  IS  FORCED TO  DO  YOUR  BIDDING! ###§%$=~,.
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.,~=$%§### THE  POTENTIAL IS  HIGH ENOUGH TO ESCAPE ###§%$=~,.
.,~=$%§### ANY  SELF-CLOSING MECHANISMS - A BREACH. ###§%$=~,.
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.,~=$%§###     THESE ARE USUALLY CATASTROPHIC.      ###§%$=~,.
.,~=$%§### ALTHOUGH  MANY   ARE  LOCAL,  THEY  STAY ###§%$=~,.
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.,~=$%§### SPELLS (HARD TO PULL  OFF) OR THERE'S NO ###§%$=~,.
.,~=$%§###       MORE ENERGY TO FALL THROUGH.       ###§%$=~,.
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.,~=$%§### IN THAT CASE THE  OUTCOME DEPENDS ON THE ###§%$=~,.
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.,~=$%§### EVEN BE NOTICEABLE  BY  THE UNINITIATED; ###§%$=~,.
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.,~=$%§### ABOUT THE HEAT  DEATH  OF THE  UNIVERSE. ###§%$=~,.
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.,~=$%§### WELL. IT IS WHAT  IT IS. A  DYING  ART.. ###§%$=~,.
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