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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.                  @#£¤%/«^,,
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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. #@#£¤%/«^,
,,^«/%¤£#@                                          @#£¤%/«^,,
,^«/%¤£#@#      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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,,^«/%¤£#@                    %¤%                   @#£¤%/«^,,
,^«/%¤£#@#                                          #@#£¤%/«^,
,,^«/%¤£#@                                          @#£¤%/«^,,
,^«/%¤£#@# well. it is what it  is.  a dying  art.. #@#£¤%/«^,
,,^«/%¤£#@            maybe for the best.           @#£¤%/«^,,
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