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,,,,,~~§*@ @*§~~,,,,,
,,,,,~~**@ @**~~,,,,,
,,,,~~§§*¤ ¤*§§~~,,,,
,~~~~~~§¤# #¤§~~~~~~,
,~~*§*¤@## §* §*§ *§ ##@¤*§*~~,
,,~~*§§**@ §*§**~~, ,~~§**§*§ @**§§*~~,,
,~~*§*¤@## §* §* ~~~ ,, 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. @¤§*~,,,,,
,~~*§*¤@## ##@¤*§*~~,
,~~*§*¤@## ##@¤*§*~~,
,~~*§*¤¤@@ @@¤¤*§*~~,
,,,,,~**§¤ ¤§**~,,,,,
,,~~*§§*¤¤ ¤¤*§§*~~,,
,~~*§***¤¤ ¤¤***§*~~,