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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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