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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 #&††==~~-.
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.-~=†%&@## AS HEAT). ##@&%†=~-.
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.-~~==%%%& MAGIC THEN, IS CREATING TUNNELS, &%%%==~~-.
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.-~=†%&### TO HAPPEN IN A CONTROLLED MANNER. THINK ###&%†=~-.
.-~=†%&@## OF IT AS SETTING AN ELABORATE TRAP FOR ##@&%†=~-.
.-~=†%&&@@ ENTROPY. @@&&%†=~-.
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.-~=†%&@## 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. @&%%=-....
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.-~=†%&@## 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.. ##@&%†=~-.
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