,,,,,~§§## ##§§~,,,,,
,~~†§¤#@## ##@#¤§†~~,
,,,,~~†§¤@ @¤§†~~,,,,
,,,,,~~~§¤ ¤§~~~,,,,,
,~~~††§¤#@ @#¤§††~~~,
,~~†§§¤#@@ §§ §§§ §§ @@#¤§§†~~,
,~†§§¤#@## §§§§§~~, ,~~§§§§§§ ##@#¤§§†~,
,~~†§§¤#@@ §§ §§ ~~~ ,, 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. ¤¤§§~~~~~,
,~~†§§¤#@# #@#¤§§†~~,
,~~†§§¤#@# #@#¤§§†~~,
,,,~†§§§¤@ @¤§§§†~,,,
,~~†§§¤#@# #@#¤§§†~~,
,~~†§§¤¤¤# #¤¤¤§§†~~,
,~~†§§¤#@# #@#¤§§†~~,