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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.            ¨§¨¨§§§¨§¨
§¨¨§¨¨§§¨¨                                          §§¨§¨¨§§§¨
§¨§§¨§¨§¨¨                                          ¨§§§¨§¨¨§§
§§¨§§§§§¨¨                                          §¨¨§§§¨§¨¨
¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨§                                          §¨§¨¨§§§¨§
§¨§¨¨¨§§§§                                          §§§¨§¨¨§§§
§§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§§§¨§¨¨¨