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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.              §§§§¨§§§¨§
§¨§§§§§§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§§¨¨§§¨
§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨§ 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.            §§¨§§¨¨§§¨
¨¨¨§§§¨§§§                                          ¨§§¨§¨§¨§§
¨¨§¨¨§§¨¨§                                          §¨§§§§§§¨§
¨§§¨§¨§¨§§                                          §§¨¨¨¨¨§§§
§¨§§§§§§¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§
§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨                                          §§¨¨¨§§¨§¨
¨§¨¨¨¨§§¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨§¨§§§§