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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. .¤¤¤.¤.¤..
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.¤..¤¤.... 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. ¤.¤¤....¤¤
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.¤..¤¤¤.¤. 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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