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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).                 §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§§¨§¨§¨§                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§     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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§¨§§¨§¨§¨§                    $§$                   §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
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§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§ well.  it is  what it is. a dying  art.. §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§§¨§¨§¨§           maybe for the best.            §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
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