,,~/%@¤### ###¤@%/~,,
,,~/%@¤### ###¤@%/~,,
,,,,~/%@¤# #¤@%/~,,,,
,,~/%@¤### ###¤@%/~,,
,,,,,~~~%¤ ¤%~~~,,,,,
,,~/%@¤### %@ %@% @% ###¤@%/~,,
,,,,,~%%¤# %@%@@~~, ,~~%@@%@% #¤%%~,,,,,
,,~/%@¤### %@ %@ ,,, ,, 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. ###¤@%/~,,
,,,,//@@@¤ ¤@@@//,,,,
,,~/%@¤### ###¤@%/~,,
,,,,,,/@@¤ ¤@@/,,,,,,
,,~/%@¤### ###¤@%/~,,
,,~/%@¤### ###¤@%/~,,
,,~/%@¤### ###¤@%/~,,