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,,,,,,,**¤ *@ *@ ,,, ,, MAGIC ,, ,,, @* @* ¤**,,,,,,,
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,,»**@¤### *@ *@* @* ###¤@**»,,
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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. ##@**,,,,,
,,»»»»»*@# #@*»»»»»,,
,,»**@¤### ###¤@**»,,
,,,,,***¤# *@@ * * @@* #¤***,,,,,
,,»**¤#### ####¤**»,,
,,»**@¤### ###¤@**»,,
,,»**@¤### 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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