,^=:§%¶@## ##@¶%§:=^,
,,^=:§%¶@# #@¶%§:=^,,
,,,^=:§%¶@ @¶%§:=^,,,
,,^=:§%¶@# #@¶%§:=^,,
,^=:§%¶@## ##@¶%§:=^,
,,^=:§%¶@# §% §%§ %§ #@¶%§:=^,,
,,,^=:§%¶@ §%§%%==, ,==§%%§%§ @¶%§:=^,,,
,,^=:§%¶@# §% §% ^^^ ,, 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. #@¶%§:=^,,
,,,^=:§%¶@ @¶%§:=^,,,
,,^=:§%¶@# #@¶%§:=^,,
,^=:§%¶@## ##@¶%§:=^,
,,^=:§%¶@# #@¶%§:=^,,
,,,^=:§%¶@ @¶%§:=^,,,
,,^=:§%¶@# #@¶%§:=^,,