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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 ¨§¨§§¨¨§¨§
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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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