¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨                                          §§¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨§§§§¨¨¨§                                          §§¨§§¨§§¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§¨¨§¨                                          ¨§§¨§§¨§¨¨
§§¨¨§§¨§§§                                          §¨§§¨§§§¨¨
¨§¨§¨§§¨¨§                 *@ *@* @*                §§¨§§¨¨§¨§
§§§§§¨§¨§¨          *@*@@««¨    ¨««*@@*@*           ¨§§¨§¨§§§§
¨¨¨¨§§§§§§ *@   *@  :::  ¨¨  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.            §¨§§§§¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨                                          §§¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨§§§§¨¨¨§                                          §§¨§§¨§§¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§¨¨§¨                                          ¨§§¨§§¨§¨¨
§§¨¨§§¨§§§                                          §¨§§¨§§§¨¨
¨§¨§¨§§¨¨§                                          §§¨§§¨¨§¨§