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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 #%:,,,,,,,
,,-:%$#### arrow of time. ####$%:-,,
,,,,-::%$# #$%::-,,,,
,,-:%$##@# things in this universe always seek the #@##$%:-,,
,,,,,,,:$# least energetic state. all potential is #$:,,,,,,,
,,-:%$#### gradually lost into lesser forms (such ####$%:-,,
,,,,-%%$## as heat). ##$%%-,,,,
,,,,-%$### ###$%-,,,,
,,-:%$#### magic then, is creating tunnels, ####$%:-,,
,,-:%$##@# specific and intricate canals, for this #@##$%:-,,
,,-:%%%$## to happen in a controlled manner. think ##$%%%:-,,
,,-:%$##@# of it as setting an elaborate trap for #@##$%:-,,
,,,,,::$## entropy. ##$::,,,,,
,,-:%$##@@ @@##$%:-,,
,,-:%$##@# and then, when the circuit closes, the #@##$%:-,,
,,-:%$##@# arrow is forced to do your bidding! #@##$%:-,,
,,-:%$##@@ @@##$%:-,,
,,-:%$##@# of course, you're also irreversably #@##$%:-,,
,,-:%$#### draining time from the universe, but ####$%:-,,
,,-:%$##@@ yeah. @@##$%:-,,
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,,-:%%%### ###%%%:-,,
,,-:%$###@ %$$ % % $$% @###$%:-,,
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,,-:%$##@# #@##$%:-,,
,,-:%$#### 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. @@##$%:-,,
,,-:%$##@# #@##$%:-,,
,,,,,-:$## 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. @#$%-,,,,,
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,,-:%$##@# %$% #@##$%:-,,
,,-:%$##@# #@##$%:-,,
,,-:%$##@# #@##$%:-,,
,,-:$##@## well. it is what it is. a dying art.. ##@##$:-,,
,,-:%$##@@ maybe for the best. @@##$%:-,,
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