¨§¨§§¨§§¨§                                          ¨§§§¨¨¨§§§
§§§§¨§§¨§§                                          §§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨
§¨¨¨§§¨§§¨                                          §¨§¨§§¨§§¨
§§¨¨§¨§§¨§                                          §§§§§¨§§¨§
¨¨§¨§§§¨§§                                          §¨¨¨¨§§¨§§
§¨§§§¨¨§§¨                ^& ^&^ &^                 ¨§¨¨¨§¨§§¨
§§§¨¨§¨§¨§          ^&^&&--¨    ¨--^&&^&^           ¨§§¨¨§§§¨§
¨¨¨§¨§§§§§ ^&  ^&  ~~~  ¨¨  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.           ¨¨¨¨§¨§§§§
§¨§¨¨§¨¨§¨                                          §¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
§§§§¨§§¨§§                                          §§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨
§¨¨¨§§¨§§¨                                          §¨§¨§§¨§§¨
§§¨¨§¨§§¨§                                          §§§§§¨§§¨§
¨¨§¨§§§¨§§                                          §¨¨¨¨§§¨§§
§¨§§§¨¨§§¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨§¨§§¨