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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 ###@&§/-~.
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.~-/*§&@## 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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.~-/*§§§&@ 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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~-/*§&@### 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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