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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. ##§§^~.,,,
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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.       §§^~.,,,,,
,,,,.~^§§#                                          #§§^~.,,,,
,,,.~^§§## 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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