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,,,«;*@@¶# *@ *@* @* #¶@@*;«,,,
,,«;*@@¶## *@*@@««, ,««*@@*@* ##¶@@*;«,,
,,,«;*@@¶# *@ *@ ,,, ,, MAGIC ,, ,,, @* @* #¶@@*;«,,,
,,«;*@@¶## *@*@@««, ,««@@*@* ##¶@@*;«,,
,,,«;*@@¶# *@ *@* @* #¶@@*;«,,,
,,«;*@@¶## ##¶@@*;«,,
,,,«;*@@¶# 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). ##¶@@*;«,,
,,,«;*@@¶# #¶@@*;«,,,
,,«;*@@¶## 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! #¶@@*;«,,,
,,«;*@@¶## ##¶@@*;«,,
,,,«;*@@¶# 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. ##¶@@*;«,,
,,,«;*@@¶# #¶@@*;«,,,
,,«;*@@¶## 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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,,,«;*@@¶# *@* #¶@@*;«,,,
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,,,«;*@@¶# #¶@@*;«,,,
,,«;*@@¶## WELL. IT IS WHAT IT IS. A DYING ART.. ##¶@@*;«,,
,,,«;*@@¶# MAYBE FOR THE BEST. #¶@@*;«,,,
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