,,,,~=*§@# #@§*=~,,,,
,,,,,~=*§@ @§*=~,,,,,
,,,,~=*§@# #@§*=~,,,,
,,,~=*§@## ##@§*=~,,,
,,~=*§@### ###@§*=~,,
,,,~=*§@## *§ *§* §* ##@§*=~,,,
,,,,~=*§@# *§*§§~~, ,~~*§§*§* #@§*=~,,,,
,,,,,~=*§@ *§ *§ ,,, ,, 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. @§*=~,,,,,
,,,,~=*§@# #@§*=~,,,,
,,,~=*§@## ##@§*=~,,,
,,~=*§@### ###@§*=~,,
,,,~=*§@## ##@§*=~,,,
,,,,~=*§@# #@§*=~,,,,
,,,,,~=*§@ @§*=~,,,,,