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,:-^$@#£@# FROM YOURSELF. IT WORKS BY EXPLOITING A #@£#@$^-:,
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,:-^$@#£@@ @@£#@$^-:,
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,:-^$@@@££ LEAST ENERGETIC STATE. ALL POTENTIAL IS ££@@@$^-:,
,:-^$@#£@# GRADUALLY LOST INTO LESSER FORMS (SUCH #@£#@$^-:,
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,:-^$@#£@# SPECIFIC AND INTRICATE CANALS, FOR THIS #@£#@$^-:,
,:-^$@#£@# TO HAPPEN IN A CONTROLLED MANNER. THINK #@£#@$^-:,
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,:-^$@#£@# ENTROPY. #@£#@$^-:,
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,:-^$@@@## ARROW IS FORCED TO DO YOUR BIDDING! ##@@@$^-:,
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,,,,,,:^$# FILAMENT OF YOUR CANAL IS TOO WEAK, OR #$^:,,,,,,
,,,,:^@@#£ THE POTENTIAL IS HIGH ENOUGH TO ESCAPE £#@@^:,,,,
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,:-^$@#£@@ ACTIVE UNTIL CLOSED OFF BY COUNTER @@£#@$^-:,
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,:-^$@#### MORE ENERGY TO FALL THROUGH. ####@$^-:,
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,:-^$@#@## IN THAT CASE THE OUTCOME DEPENDS ON THE ##@#@$^-:,
,,::--$#£@ SPELL. SMALL-SCALE BREACHES MIGHT NOT @£#$--::,,
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