,~=†$*@@@# #@@@*$†=~,
,~=†$*@### ###@*$†=~,
,,~=††$@## ##@$††=~,,
,,,===$**# #**$===,,,
,~=†$*@### ###@*$†=~,
,~=†$*@### $* $*$ *$ ###@*$†=~,
,~=†$$**@# $*$**==, ,==$**$*$ #@**$$†=~,
,~=†$*@### $* $* ~~~ ,, MAGIC ,, ~~~ *$ *$ ###@*$†=~,
,~=†$*@### $*$**==, ,==**$*$ ###@*$†=~,
,,,,,~†$$@ $* $*$ *$ @$$†~,,,,,
,~=†$*@### ###@*$†=~,
,,,,==$@@# MAGIC IS ABOUT BEING UNACCOUNTABLE, #@@$==,,,,
,,,,~=†$@# ABOUT REMOVING THE SOURCE OF THE ACTION #@$†=~,,,,
,~=†$*@@## FROM YOURSELF. IT WORKS BY EXPLOITING A ##@@*$†=~,
,,,,,~=$@# KIND OF GRAVITY, CALLED THE #@$=~,,,,,
,~=†$*#### ARROW OF TIME. ####*$†=~,
,,,~==†*## ##*†==~,,,
,~=†$*@### THINGS IN THIS UNIVERSE ALWAYS SEEK THE ###@*$†=~,
,~=†$*@### LEAST ENERGETIC STATE. ALL POTENTIAL IS ###@*$†=~,
,~=†$*@### GRADUALLY LOST INTO LESSER FORMS (SUCH ###@*$†=~,
,~~==$$$*@ AS HEAT). @*$$$==~~,
,,,,,=†$$@ @$$†=,,,,,
,~=†$*#### MAGIC THEN, IS CREATING TUNNELS, ####*$†=~,
,~=†$*@### SPECIFIC AND INTRICATE CANALS, FOR THIS ###@*$†=~,
,~=†$*@### TO HAPPEN IN A CONTROLLED MANNER. THINK ###@*$†=~,
,,~~††$$@# OF IT AS SETTING AN ELABORATE TRAP FOR #@$$††~~,,
,~=†$*@### ENTROPY. ###@*$†=~,
,~=†$*@### ###@*$†=~,
,~=†$*@### AND THEN, WHEN THE CIRCUIT CLOSES, THE ###@*$†=~,
,~=†$***## ARROW IS FORCED TO DO YOUR BIDDING! ##***$†=~,
,,,~†††*## ##*†††~,,,
,~~~†$$$$@ OF COURSE, YOU'RE ALSO IRREVERSABLY @$$$$†~~~,
,~=†$@#### DRAINING TIME FROM THE UNIVERSE, BUT ####@$†=~,
,,,,~~†$@# YEAH. #@$†~~,,,,
,~=†$*@### ###@*$†=~,
,,,,,,=$*@ @*$=,,,,,,
,,~=†††**# $** $ $ **$ #**†††=~,,
,~=†$*@### ###@*$†=~,
,,,,,=†$@# #@$†=,,,,,
,~=†††$*## THE DANGER IS A RUNAWAY SPELL - IF THE ##*$†††=~,
,~=†$*@### FILAMENT OF YOUR CANAL IS TOO WEAK, OR ###@*$†=~,
,~=†$*@### THE POTENTIAL IS HIGH ENOUGH TO ESCAPE ###@*$†=~,
,~=†$*@### ANY SELF-CLOSING MECHANISMS - A BREACH. ###@*$†=~,
,,~=††$$*@ @*$$††=~,,
,,,,,,~†$@ THESE ARE USUALLY CATASTROPHIC. @$†~,,,,,,
,~=†$*@### ALTHOUGH MANY ARE LOCAL, THEY STAY ###@*$†=~,
,~=†$*@### ACTIVE UNTIL CLOSED OFF BY COUNTER ###@*$†=~,
,,,,~†$@@# SPELLS (HARD TO PULL OFF) OR THERE'S NO #@@$†~,,,,
,~=†$*@### MORE ENERGY TO FALL THROUGH. ###@*$†=~,
,~=†$*@### ###@*$†=~,
,~=†$*@### IN THAT CASE THE OUTCOME DEPENDS ON THE ###@*$†=~,
,~=†$*@### SPELL. SMALL-SCALE BREACHES MIGHT NOT ###@*$†=~,
,~=†$*@### EVEN BE NOTICEABLE BY THE UNINITIATED; ###@*$†=~,
,~=†$*@### BUT A SPELL MIGHT ALSO VERY WELL BRING ###@*$†=~,
,~=†$*@### ABOUT THE HEAT DEATH OF THE UNIVERSE. ###@*$†=~,
,,,,,=†*@# #@*†=,,,,,
,~=†$$**@# #@**$$†=~,
,~=†$*@### $*$ ###@*$†=~,
,~=†††$$$@ @$$$†††=~,
,~=††$***# #***$††=~,
,,,,,~†$$@ WELL. IT IS WHAT IT IS. A DYING ART.. @$$†~,,,,,
,~=†$*@### MAYBE FOR THE BEST. ###@*$†=~,
,,,,~~†*@# #@*†~~,,,,
,,,~=†$**# #**$†=~,,,
,~=†$**@@# #@@**$†=~,
,~=†$*@### ###@*$†=~,
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