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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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