¨¨¨.~††*§¤ ¤§*††~.¨¨¨
¨.~†*§¤@@# #@@¤§*†~.¨
¨.~†*§¤@@# #@@¤§*†~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨~*§¤@ @¤§*~¨¨¨¨¨
¨.~†*§§¤@@ @@¤§§*†~.¨
¨.~†*§¤@@@ *§ *§* §* @@@¤§*†~.¨
¨.~†*§¤¤¤@ *§*§§~~¨ ¨~~*§§*§* @¤¤¤§*†~.¨
¨.~†*§¤@@# *§ *§ ... ¨¨ magic ¨¨ ... §* §* #@@¤§*†~.¨
¨.~†*§¤¤@@ *§*§§~~¨ ¨~~§§*§* @@¤¤§*†~.¨
¨¨¨¨.~*§¤@ *§ *§* §* @¤§*~.¨¨¨¨
¨.~†*§¤@## ##@¤§*†~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~~*¤ 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. @¤**†~.¨¨¨
¨.~†††*¤¤@ @¤¤*†††~.¨
¨.~†*§¤@@# #@@¤§*†~.¨
¨.~†*§§§¤¤ *§§ * * §§* ¤¤§§§*†~.¨
¨.~†*§¤¤¤@ @¤¤¤§*†~.¨
¨.~†*§¤@## ##@¤§*†~.¨
¨.~†*§¤@## 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. @§§*~....¨
¨¨¨¨~~*§§¤ ¤§§*~~¨¨¨¨
¨.~†*§¤@## ##@¤§*†~.¨
¨¨¨¨.~*§§¤ *§* ¤§§*~.¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.~~*¤@ @¤*~~.¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~**§@@ @@§**~¨¨¨¨
¨.~†*§¤@@# well. it is what it is. a dying art.. #@@¤§*†~.¨
¨.~†*§¤@## maybe for the best. ##@¤§*†~.¨
¨.~†*§¤@@@ @@@¤§*†~.¨
¨.~†*¤@@## ##@@¤*†~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨.†*¤@ @¤*†.¨¨¨¨¨
¨..~††††§¤ ¤§††††~..¨
¨.~†****§@ @§****†~.¨
¨.~†*§@@## ##@@§*†~.¨