,,-††††%%@ @%%††††-,, ,,,,,-†@@@ @@@†-,,,,, ,,-††%@@## ##@@%††-,, ,,,,,,†%@# #@%†,,,,,, ,,-††%@@## ##@@%††-,, ,,-††%@@## †% †%† %† ##@@%††-,, ,,-††%@@## †%†%%--, ,--†%%†%† ##@@%††-,, ,,,,--†††@ †% †% ,,, ,, 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. ###@%††-,, ,,-††%@@@# #@@@%††-,, ,,-††%@@## ##@@%††-,, ,,-††%@@## †%% † † %%† ##@@%††-,, ,,-††%@@## ##@@%††-,, ,,,,,†%%@@ @@%%†,,,,, ,,-††%@@@# 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. @%%†††-,,, ,,-††%%%%@ @%%%%††-,, ,,,,,-†@@@ @@@†-,,,,, ,,-††%@@@# †%† #@@@%††-,, ,,-††%@### ###@%††-,, ,,-††%@@## ##@@%††-,, ,,-††%@@## WELL. IT IS WHAT IT IS. A DYING ART.. ##@@%††-,, ,,-††%@@@# MAYBE FOR THE BEST. #@@@%††-,, ,,,,,-†%@@ @@%†-,,,,, ,,-††††@@@ @@@††††-,, ,,-††%@@## ##@@%††-,, ,,-††%%%%@ @%%%%††-,, ,,-††%@@## ##@@%††-,, ,,-††%@### ###@%††-,,