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¨¨¨¨,«^%%#                 %% %%% %%                #%%^«,¨¨¨¨
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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.                   ###%%^«,¨¨
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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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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,                                          ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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