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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.              §.§.§.§..§
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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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.§.§.§.§.§ 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 §.§.§.§..§
.§.§.§.§.. 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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