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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.              ~.,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,.~^% 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.                 %%^~.,,,,,
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,,,,,,,.~^ AND THEN, WHEN THE CIRCUIT  CLOSES,  THE ^~.,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,.~ ARROW  IS  FORCED  TO DO  YOUR  BIDDING! ~.,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,,    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.       %%^~.,,,,,
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,,,,,,,.~^ 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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