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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). @=»»»,,,,,
,-»†=¤@### ###@¤=†»-,
,,,,»††¤@# 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. @=†»,,,,,,
,-»†=¤@### ###@¤=†»-,
,-»†=@#### 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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