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,~=†^$£### about removing the source of the action ###£$^†=~,
,~=†^$£### from yourself. it works by exploiting a ###£$^†=~,
,~=†^$£#@@ kind of gravity, called the @@#£$^†=~,
,~=†^$£#@# arrow of time. #@#£$^†=~,
,~=†^$£#@# #@#£$^†=~,
,~=†^$£#@# things in this universe always seek the #@#£$^†=~,
,~†^$£#@## least energetic state. all potential is ##@#£$^†~,
,,,,,~=†^£ gradually lost into lesser forms (such £^†=~,,,,,
,~=†^$£### as heat). ###£$^†=~,
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,~=†^$£#@# magic then, is creating tunnels, #@#£$^†=~,
,,,,=^$£## specific and intricate canals, for this ##£$^=,,,,
,~†^$£#@## to happen in a controlled manner. think ##@#£$^†~,
,~=†^$£### of it as setting an elaborate trap for ###£$^†=~,
,~=†^$£#@@ entropy. @@#£$^†=~,
,~=†^$£#@# #@#£$^†=~,
,~===†^^$£ and then, when the circuit closes, the £$^^†===~,
,~=†^$£££@ arrow is forced to do your bidding! @£££$^†=~,
,~=†^$£### ###£$^†=~,
,~=†^$£### of course, you're also irreversably ###£$^†=~,
,~=†^$£#@# draining time from the universe, but #@#£$^†=~,
,~=†^$£@## yeah. ##@£$^†=~,
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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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