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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        @$$;;;,,..
....«%%%@@              arrow of time.              @@%%%«....
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.....,,«%@ least energetic  state. all potential is @%«,,.....
....«%%%%@ gradually lost into  lesser forms  (such @%%%%«....
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...,,,;$$@     magic then, is creating tunnels,     @$$;,,,...
.,«;%$$@¶# specific and intricate  canals, for this #¶@$$%;«,.
.,«;%@¶### to happen in  a controlled manner. think ###¶@%;«,.
...,;;$$@@ 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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.,«;%$@¶## the danger is a runaway spell -  if  the ##¶@$%;«,.
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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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