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,,,,^«†^## ^$  ^$  ^^^   ,,  magic  ,,  ^^^  $^  $^ ##^†«^,,,,
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,^«†^#####    magic is about being unaccountable,   #####^†«^,
,,,,««†$## 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 ####$^†«^,
,,,,,^†^## arrow  is forced  to  do  your  bidding! ##^†^,,,,,
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,,,,,«†^$#   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 #^†^,,,,,,
,^«†^$#### filament of  your canal is  too weak, or ####$^†«^,
,^«†^$$$$# the potential is  high enough  to escape #$$$$^†«^,
,«†^$##### any  self-closing mechanisms - a breach. #####$^†«,
,,,^««††$#                                          #$††««^,,,
,,,,,,^†$#      these are usually catastrophic.     #$†^,,,,,,
,,,,^««†$# although  many   are  local,  they  stay #$†««^,,,,
,^«†^$#### active  until   closed  off  by  counter ####$^†«^,
,^«†^$$$$# spells (hard to  pull off) or there's no #$$$$^†«^,
,^«†^$####       more energy to fall through.       ####$^†«^,
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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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