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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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.^««†$§§@@     magic then, is creating tunnels,     @@§§$†««^.
.^«†$§@@## specific and intricate  canals, for this ##@@§$†«^.
.^«†$§@@@# to  happen in a controlled manner. think #@@@§$†«^.
..^«†$$§§@ of it as  setting an elaborate trap  for @§§$$†«^..
.^«†$§@@@#                 entropy.                 #@@@§$†«^.
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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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....«†$§§@ the danger is a runaway spell -  if  the @§§$†«....
.^«†$§@@@# filament of your canal is  too  weak, or #@@@§$†«^.
.^«†$§@@@@ the  potential is high enough  to escape @@@@§$†«^.
.^«†$§§§@@ any self-closing mechanisms - a  breach. @@§§§$†«^.
.^««†$$§@@                                          @@§$$†««^.
..^^«†$§§@     these are usually catastrophic.      @§§$†«^^..
....«††§@@ 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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