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,,,,,,,,,, †§†§§==, ,==†§§†§† ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,= †§ †§ ,,, ,, magic ,, ,,, §† §† =,,,,,,,,,
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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. ###§††=,,,
,,,,=††§## ##§††=,,,,
,,,,,=††§# 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. †=,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,=†† ††=,,,,,,,
,,,,,,=††§ 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. ###§††=,,,
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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. ##§††=,,,,
,,,=††§### ###§††=,,,
,,=††§#### 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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