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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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