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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. ###¤@^*«,,
,,«*^@¤### ###¤@^*«,,
,,«*^@¤### 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! ###¤@^*«,,
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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. ###¤@^*«,,
,,,,,,,*@¤ ¤@*,,,,,,,
,,«*^¤#### 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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