¨,~\†¤§¶@# #@¶§¤†\~,¨
¨,~\†¤§¶@# #@¶§¤†\~,¨
¨,~\†¤§¶¶@ @¶¶§¤†\~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~\†§ §†\~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~\¤§ §¤\~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~\†¤§§¶@ †¤ †¤† ¤† @¶§§¤†\~,¨
¨,~\†¤§¶@# †¤†¤¤~~¨ ¨~~†¤¤†¤† #@¶§¤†\~,¨
¨,~\†¤§¶@@ †¤ †¤ ,,, ¨¨ 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. @¶¤\~¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~\†¤§¶@# #@¶§¤†\~,¨
¨,~\†¤§¶@# #@¶§¤†\~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,\†§§ §§†\,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~\†¤§¶@# #@¶§¤†\~,¨
¨¨,~~††§¶@ @¶§††~~,¨¨
¨¨¨,\\¤§§§ §§§¤\\,¨¨¨