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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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,,,«†%*@@@ 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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