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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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.....==%$£ and then, when the  circuit  closes, the £$%==.....
...-††††$# arrow  is  forced  to  do  your bidding! #$††††-...
.-=†%$#£@#                                          #@£#$%†=-.
.-=†%$#£@#    of course, you're also irreversably   #@£#$%†=-.
.-===††$££ draining time  from  the  universe,  but ££$††===-.
.-=%$#£@##                  yeah.                   ##@£#$%=-.
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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.       ##@£#%†=-.
.-=†%$#£@#                                          #@£#$%†=-.
.-=†%$#£@# in that case the outcome depends  on the #@£#$%†=-.
....===†$#  spell. small-scale breaches might not   #$†===....
.-=†%$#£@# even be  noticeable by  the uninitiated; #@£#$%†=-.
.-=†%$#£@# but a spell might also very  well  bring #@£#$%†=-.
.-=†$#£@## about  the heat  death  of the universe. ##@£#$†=-.
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.-=†%$#£@# well.  it is  what it is. a dying  art.. #@£#$%†=-.
.-=†%$#£##           maybe for the best.            ##£#$%†=-.
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