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,,,,,~†$§# †$ †$ ,,, ,, MAGIC ,, ,,, $† $† #§$†~,,,,,
,,,,,~†$§§ †$†$$~~, ,~~$$†$† §§$†~,,,,,
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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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