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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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