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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. ¨§¨§§§§¨¨§
¨§¨§§¨¨§§¨                                          §§§§¨¨¨§¨§
§§§§¨§¨§¨§      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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