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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.              @#£*†«~...
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.~«†*£#@## things  in this universe always seek the ##@#£*†«~.
..~«†*£#@# least energetic state. all  potential is #@#£*†«~..
...~«†*£#@ gradually lost  into  lesser forms (such @#£*†«~...
..~«†*£#@#                as heat).                 #@#£*†«~..
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..~«†*£#@#     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.                 #@#£*†«~..
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..~«†*£#@# and then, when the circuit  closes,  the #@#£*†«~..
.~«†*£#@## arrow is  forced  to  do  your  bidding! ##@#£*†«~.
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...~«†*£#@   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. #@#£*†«~..
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..~«†*£#@#      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.. #@#£*†«~..
.~«†*£#@##           maybe for the best.            ##@#£*†«~.
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