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,:»/^£#### 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 ####£^/»:,
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,:»/^£#### 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 ##^^^^/»:,
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,:»/^£#### 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 #####^/»:,
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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 ##^»,,,,,,
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,:»/^£#### 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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