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#@@&$†\-.¨ †$ †$ ... ¨¨ magic ¨¨ ... $† $† ¨.-\†$&@@#
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&$††--.¨¨¨ magic is about being unaccountable, ¨¨¨.--††$&
@&†\\-.¨¨¨ about removing the source of the action ¨¨¨.-\\†&@
##@@&†\-.¨ from yourself. it works by exploiting a ¨.-\†&@@##
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@&&†-.¨¨¨¨ arrow of time. ¨¨¨¨.-†&&@
#@@&$†\-.¨ ¨.-\†$&@@#
#@@&$†\-.¨ things in this universe always seek the ¨.-\†$&@@#
@&$$†\..¨¨ least energetic state. all potential is ¨¨..\†$$&@
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#@@&$†\-.¨ as heat). ¨.-\†$&@@#
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&&&$$†\-.¨ magic then, is creating tunnels, ¨.-\†$$&&&
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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 ¨¨¨¨.-\††&
##@@&$\-.¨ arrow is forced to do your bidding! ¨.-\$&@@##
#@@&$†\-.¨ ¨.-\†$&@@#
#@@&$†\-.¨ 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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