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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. #@£#&§«.,,
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,,.«§&#£@# 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. ##@£#&§«.,
,,.«§&#£@# #@£#&§«.,,
,.«§&#£@## 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. ##@£#&§«.,
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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 #@£#&§«.,,
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