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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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##@$*\«~,, AND THEN, WHEN THE CIRCUIT CLOSES, THE ,,~«\*$@##
###@$*\«~, ARROW IS FORCED TO DO YOUR BIDDING! ,~«\*$@###
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#@$*\«~,,, OF COURSE, YOU'RE ALSO IRREVERSABLY ,,,~«\*$@#
@$*\«~,,,, DRAINING TIME FROM THE UNIVERSE, BUT ,,,,~«\*$@
$*\«~,,,,, YEAH. ,,,,,~«\*$
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#@$*\«~,,, THE DANGER IS A RUNAWAY SPELL - IF THE ,,,~«\*$@#
@$*\«~,,,, FILAMENT OF YOUR CANAL IS TOO WEAK, OR ,,,,~«\*$@
$*\«~,,,,, THE POTENTIAL IS HIGH ENOUGH TO ESCAPE ,,,,,~«\*$
@$*\«~,,,, ANY SELF-CLOSING MECHANISMS - A BREACH. ,,,,~«\*$@
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##@$*\«~,, THESE ARE USUALLY CATASTROPHIC. ,,~«\*$@##
###@$*\«~, ALTHOUGH MANY ARE LOCAL, THEY STAY ,~«\*$@###
##@$*\«~,, ACTIVE UNTIL CLOSED OFF BY COUNTER ,,~«\*$@##
#@$*\«~,,, SPELLS (HARD TO PULL OFF) OR THERE'S NO ,,,~«\*$@#
@$*\«~,,,, MORE ENERGY TO FALL THROUGH. ,,,,~«\*$@
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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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