¨¨¨¨^~/*&§                                          §&*/~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~/*&                                          &*/~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~/*                                          */~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~/                                          /~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~                                          ~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~/                 *& *&* &*                /~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~/*           *&*&&~~¨    ¨~~*&&*&*          */~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~/*& *&   *&  ^^^  ¨¨  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.           /~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~/*                                          */~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~/*&                                          &*/~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~/*&§                                          §&*/~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨^~/*&§#                                          #§&*/~^¨¨¨
¨¨^~/*&§##                                          ##§&*/~^¨¨
¨^~/*&§###                                          ###§&*/~^¨