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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. ##@##%*†=-
,,,,,,=*## ##*=,,,,,,
,-=†*%##@# #@##%*†=-,
,-=†%##@## *%% * * %%* ##@##%†=-,
,-=†*%##@# #@##%*†=-,
,-=†*%###@ @###%*†=-,
,-†*%##@## 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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