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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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