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,,,,,««^§§           §%§%%««,    ,««§%%§%§          §§^««,,,,,
,^«^§%%%§# §%  §%  ^^^   ,,  magic  ,,  ^^^  %§  %§ #§%%%§^«^,
,^«^§%§###           §%§%%««,    ,««%%§%§           ###§%§^«^,
,,^^^««§§§                §% §%§ %§                 §§§««^^^,,
,^«^§%§###                                          ###§%§^«^,
,,,,,^^§§#    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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