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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ †@ †@ ::: ¨¨ MAGIC ¨¨ ::: @† @† ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~=
~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~
:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨:~=†@§@##
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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~=
~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~
:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ †@† ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~
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@†=~:¨¨¨¨¨ WELL. IT IS WHAT IT IS. A DYING ART.. ¨¨¨¨¨:~=†@
§@†=~:¨¨¨¨ MAYBE FOR THE BEST. ¨¨¨¨:~=†@§
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