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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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