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##@§%$;«:¨    magic is about being unaccountable,   ¨:«;$%§@##
#@§%$;«:¨¨ about removing  the source of the action ¨¨:«;$%§@#
@§%$;«:¨¨¨ from yourself. it works by  exploiting a ¨¨¨:«;$%§@
§%$;«:¨¨¨¨        kind of gravity, called the       ¨¨¨¨:«;$%§
%$;«:¨¨¨¨¨              arrow of time.              ¨¨¨¨¨:«;$%
$;«:¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨:«;$
;«:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ well.  it  is what it is.  a dying art.. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨           maybe for the best.            ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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