¨¨¨¨&&¨&&& &&¨¨¨&&¨&&
&¨¨¨&¨&&¨¨ ¨¨&¨¨&¨&&¨
&&¨¨&&&¨&¨ &¨&&¨&&&¨&
¨¨&¨&¨¨&&& &&&¨&&¨¨&&
&¨&&&&¨&¨¨ ¨¨¨&&¨&¨&¨
&&&¨¨¨&&&¨ ^£ ^£^ £^ ¨¨¨&¨&&&&&
¨¨¨&¨¨&¨¨& ^£^££--¨ ¨--^££^£^ &¨¨&&&¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨&&¨&&¨& ^£ ^£ ::: ¨¨ magic ¨¨ ::: £^ £^ ¨&¨&¨¨&¨¨¨
¨¨¨&¨&&¨&& ^£^££--¨ ¨--££^£^ &&&&&¨&&¨¨
¨¨¨&&&¨&&¨ ^£ ^£^ £^ &¨¨¨¨&&¨&¨
¨¨¨&¨¨&&¨& ¨&¨¨¨&¨&&&
&¨¨&&¨&¨&& 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. &¨¨¨¨&¨¨&¨
&¨¨&¨¨¨¨&¨ ¨&¨¨¨&&¨&&
¨&¨&&¨¨¨&& &&&¨¨&¨&&¨
¨&&&¨&¨¨&¨ ^£^ &¨¨&¨&&&¨&
&&¨¨&&&¨&& ¨&¨&&&¨¨&&
¨¨&¨&¨¨&&¨ ¨&&&¨¨&¨&¨
¨¨&&&&¨&¨& well. it is what it is. a dying art.. &&¨¨&¨&&&&
&¨&¨¨¨&&&& maybe for the best. ¨¨&¨&&&¨¨¨
&&&&¨¨&¨¨¨ ¨¨&&&¨¨&¨¨
&¨¨¨&¨&&¨¨ ¨¨&¨¨&¨&&¨
&&¨¨&&&¨&¨ &¨&&¨&&&¨&
¨¨&¨&¨¨&&& &&&¨&&¨¨&&
&¨&&&&¨&¨¨ ¨¨¨&&¨&¨&¨
&&&¨¨¨&&&¨ ¨¨¨&¨&&&&&