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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. ¤%».......
..»:%*¤### ###¤*%:»..
..»:%*¤### 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! ¤¤*%::....
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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. ¤*:»».....
....»%***# #***%»....
..»:%*¤### 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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..»:%*¤### WELL. IT IS WHAT IT IS. A DYING ART.. ###¤*%:»..
..»:%*¤¤¤¤ MAYBE FOR THE BEST. ¤¤¤¤*%:»..
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