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#&=«,,,,,, 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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#@@**«,,,, TO HAPPEN IN A CONTROLLED MANNER. THINK ,,,,«**@@#
###&@=*«,, OF IT AS SETTING AN ELABORATE TRAP FOR ,,«*=@&###
###&@=*«,, ENTROPY. ,,«*=@&###
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##&@@=*«,, OF COURSE, YOU'RE ALSO IRREVERSABLY ,,«*=@@&##
&&@*,,,,,, DRAINING TIME FROM THE UNIVERSE, BUT ,,,,,,*@&&
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##@*,,,,,, FILAMENT OF YOUR CANAL IS TOO WEAK, OR ,,,,,,*@##
###&@=*«,, THE POTENTIAL IS HIGH ENOUGH TO ESCAPE ,,«*=@&###
###&@=*«,, ANY SELF-CLOSING MECHANISMS - A BREACH. ,,«*=@&###
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###&@=*«,, THESE ARE USUALLY CATASTROPHIC. ,,«*=@&###
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###&@=*«,, ACTIVE UNTIL CLOSED OFF BY COUNTER ,,«*=@&###
#&@=*««,,, SPELLS (HARD TO PULL OFF) OR THERE'S NO ,,,««*=@&#
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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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