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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). ¤^^=.¨¨¨¨¨
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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! ###¤@^*=.¨
¨.=*@¤#### ####¤@*=.¨
¨.=*^@¤### 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 ##@^^=¨¨¨¨
¨..==*@@@# 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. ##¤^^==.¨¨
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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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¨.=*^@¤### WELL. IT IS WHAT IT IS. A DYING ART.. ###¤@^*=.¨
¨.=*^@@¤## MAYBE FOR THE BEST. ##¤@@^*=.¨
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