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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. #§§§*«^,,,
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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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,^«*§§#### 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 ####§§*«^,
,^«*§§#### ABOUT THE HEAT DEATH OF THE UNIVERSE. ####§§*«^,
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