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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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&**\~..... 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! ..........
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.......... Of Course, You'Re Also Irreversably ..........
~......... Draining Time From The Universe, But .........~
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\~........ 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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