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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 ##¶#£%*«^,
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,^«*%£##¶#     magic then, is creating tunnels,     #¶##£%*«^,
,^«*%£#¶## specific and intricate canals, for  this ##¶#£%*«^,
,,,,,«%£¶# to  happen in a controlled manner. think #¶£%«,,,,,
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,,,,^«*££#                 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 ##¶#£%*«^,
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,,,,«%%£#¶ the danger  is a runaway spell  - if the ¶#£%%«,,,,
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,^«*%£#¶## 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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