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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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