§§§§¨¨¨§§§                                          §§¨§¨§¨§§§
¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨§§§§§§¨¨¨
¨¨§§¨§§¨¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨§¨¨§                                          §¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨
§§§¨§§§¨§¨                                          §¨¨¨§¨§¨¨¨
¨¨§§¨¨§§§¨                †$ †$† $†                 §¨¨§§§§¨¨§
¨§¨§¨§¨¨§¨           †$†$$~~¨    ¨~~†$$†$†          §¨§¨¨¨§¨§§
§§§§§§¨§§§ †$  †$  ~~~  ¨¨  magic   ¨¨  ~~~  $†  $† §§§¨¨§§§¨§
¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨           †$†$$~~¨    ¨~~$$†$†           ¨¨§¨§¨¨§§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨§¨¨¨                 †$ †$† $†                ¨§§§§¨§¨§¨
¨¨¨§§§§¨¨§                                          §¨¨¨§§§§§¨
¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§§   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).                 ¨¨§¨§¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨§§§§¨¨¨§§
§¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨     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! §¨¨§§§¨¨§§
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨                                          §¨§¨¨§¨§¨¨
¨¨§§¨¨¨§§¨    of course, you're also irreversably   §§§¨§§§§¨¨
¨§¨§¨¨§¨§¨ draining  time  from  the  universe, but ¨¨§§¨¨¨§¨¨
§§§§¨§§§§§                  yeah.                   ¨§¨§¨¨§§¨¨
¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§                                          §§§§¨§¨§¨§
¨¨§¨§¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨§§§§§§§
¨§§§§¨¨§§§                †$$ † † $$†               ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨§¨§¨¨§                                          ¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§§
§¨¨§§§§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨
§¨§¨¨¨§§§¨ 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.       §¨¨§§§¨¨§¨
§¨§§§¨¨¨§¨                                          §¨§¨¨§¨§§¨
§§¨¨§¨¨§§¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§
§§§§¨¨¨§§§                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§
¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§§¨§¨
¨¨§§¨§§¨¨§                   †$†                    ¨¨¨¨§¨§§§¨
¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨
§§§¨§§§§§§                                          ¨¨§¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§ well. it is  what it is.  a  dying art.. ¨§§¨§§§¨§§
¨§¨§¨¨¨¨§¨            maybe for the best.           §¨§§¨¨§§¨§
§§§§¨¨¨§§§                                          §§¨§¨§¨§§§
¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨§§§§§§¨¨¨
¨¨§§¨§§¨¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨§¨¨§                                          §¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨
§§§¨§§§¨§¨                                          §¨¨¨§¨§¨¨¨
¨¨§§¨¨§§§¨                                          §¨¨§§§§¨¨§