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,:«**£#@## arrow of time. ##@#£**«:,
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,:«**£##@# entropy. #@##£**«:,
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,:«**£##@# 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. @#£££**«:,
,,,,,,«*£# #£*«,,,,,,
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,,,,,,:«*# 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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