,,=:^*¤¶## ##¶¤*^:=,,
,,=:^*¤¶## ##¶¤*^:=,,
,,=::^^¤¤¶ ¶¤¤^^::=,,
,,=:^¤¶### ###¶¤^:=,,
,,,,,:**¤# #¤**:,,,,,
,,=:^^^^^¤ ^* ^*^ *^ ¤^^^^^:=,,
,,=:^***¶# ^*^**==, ,==^**^*^ #¶***^:=,,
,,=:^*¤¶## ^* ^* ,,, ,, 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. ##¶¤*^:=,,
,,,,=^**¶# #¶**^=,,,,
,,=:^*¤¶¶# #¶¶¤*^:=,,
,,,,=:***¶ ¶***:=,,,,
,,,=::**¤# #¤**::=,,,
,,=:^*¤¶## ##¶¤*^:=,,
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