,,~\%§#@## ##@#§%\~,,
,,,~\\\%§# #§%\\\~,,,
,,~\%§#@## ##@#§%\~,,
,,,~~~%§@@ @@§%~~~,,,
,,,,,,,\%# #%\,,,,,,,
,,~\%§##@# %§ %§% §% #@##§%\~,,
,,~\%§#@@@ %§%§§~~, ,~~%§§%§% @@@#§%\~,,
,,~\%§#@@# %§ %§ ,,, ,, MAGIC ,, ,,, §% §% #@@#§%\~,,
,,~\%%%%## %§%§§~~, ,~~§§%§% ##%%%%\~,,
,,~\%§#@@# %§ %§% §% #@@#§%\~,,
,,~\%#@### ###@#%\~,,
,,~\%§#@## 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. ##@#§%\~,,
,,~\%%%### ###%%%\~,,
,,,,,\%### ###%\,,,,,
,,~\%§#@@# %§§ % % §§% #@@#§%\~,,
,,~\%§#@## ##@#§%\~,,
,,,,\\§§§@ @§§§\\,,,,
,,~\%§#@## 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. ##@#§%\~,,
,,~\%§#@## ##@#§%\~,,
,,~\%§##@@ @@##§%\~,,
,~\%§#@### %§% ###@#§%\~,
,,,~\%§§#@ @#§§%\~,,,
,,~\%§#@@# #@@#§%\~,,
,,~\%§@### WELL. IT IS WHAT IT IS. A DYING ART.. ###@§%\~,,
,,,~\\%#@# MAYBE FOR THE BEST. #@#%\\~,,,
,,,,,,,\§@ @§\,,,,,,,
,,,~~%§### ###§%~~,,,
,,,,,,~~%# #%~~,,,,,,
,,~\%§#@@@ @@@#§%\~,,
,,~\%§#@## ##@#§%\~,,
,,,,~\\%## ##%\\~,,,,