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¨§¨§¨§¨¨§¨ ABOUT REMOVING THE SOURCE OF THE ACTION §¨§¨§¨¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨§¨§§¨ FROM YOURSELF. IT WORKS BY EXPLOITING A §¨§¨§¨§§¨§
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¨§¨§¨§¨§§¨ ARROW OF TIME. §¨§¨§¨§§¨§
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¨§¨§¨§¨§§¨ THINGS IN THIS UNIVERSE ALWAYS SEEK THE §¨§¨§¨§§¨§
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¨§¨§¨§¨§§¨ OF IT AS SETTING AN ELABORATE TRAP FOR §¨§¨§¨§§¨§
¨§¨§¨§¨¨§¨ ENTROPY. §¨§¨§¨¨§¨§
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¨§¨§¨§¨§§¨ ARROW IS FORCED TO DO YOUR BIDDING! §¨§¨§¨§§¨§
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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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¨§¨§¨§¨§§¨ 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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¨§¨§¨§¨¨§¨ 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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¨§¨§¨§¨§§¨ MAYBE FOR THE BEST. §¨§¨§¨§§¨§
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