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,¤,,,,,,¤, 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 ¤,,,,,¤¤¤,
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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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,¤¤¤,,,,¤, 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 ¤,,,¤¤¤,,¤
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