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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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