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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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