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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 §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨¨§       KIND OF GRAVITY, CALLED THE        §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§§              ARROW OF TIME.              §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
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§¨§¨§¨§¨§§ THINGS IN  THIS UNIVERSE ALWAYS SEEK THE §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨¨§ LEAST ENERGETIC STATE. ALL POTENTIAL  IS §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§§ GRADUALLY LOST  INTO LESSER  FORMS (SUCH §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨¨§                 AS HEAT).                §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
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§¨§¨§¨§¨¨§     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.                 §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
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§¨§¨§¨§¨¨§ AND  THEN,  WHEN THE CIRCUIT CLOSES, THE §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§§ ARROW  IS  FORCED  TO DO  YOUR  BIDDING! §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
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§¨§¨§¨§¨§§   OF COURSE, YOU'RE ALSO IRREVERSABLY    §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨¨§ DRAINING  TIME  FROM THE  UNIVERSE,  BUT §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§§                   YEAH.                  §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
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§¨§¨§¨§¨¨§                ^¤¤ ^ ^ ¤¤^               §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
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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.       §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§§                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨¨§ 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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