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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. &&&&&,,&,,
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,,&&,,&&&& THINGS IN THIS UNIVERSE ALWAYS SEEK THE ,&&,,&&&,,
&,,,,,,&&& LEAST ENERGETIC STATE. ALL POTENTIAL IS ,,,,,,&,,&
,,&&&&,,&& GRADUALLY LOST INTO LESSER FORMS (SUCH &&&&&,,,,,
&,,&&,,,,& AS HEAT). &&&&,,&&&&
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,&&&&,,,,& 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. &&&&,,&&&,
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,,,,,&&&&& AND THEN, WHEN THE CIRCUIT CLOSES, THE &&,,&&,,,,
&&&&,,&&&& ARROW IS FORCED TO DO YOUR BIDDING! &,,,,,,&&&
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&&,,&&,,&, 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. ,,&&,,&&,,
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&&&&&,,,,, 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. ,,,,,,&&&&
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&,,,,,,&,, 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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