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,,~:†§¤¶## †§ †§† §† ##¶¤§†:~,,
,,,,,,~:§¤ †§†§§~~, ,~~†§§†§† ¤§:~,,,,,,
,,~:†§¤¶## †§ †§ ,,, ,, 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. ##¶¤§†:~,,
,,~:†§§§§¤ ¤§§§§†:~,,
,,,,,:†§¤# #¤§†:,,,,,
,,,,~~:§¤¶ †§† ¶¤§:~~,,,,
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,,~:†§¤### ###¤§†:~,,
,,,,,,~:§¤ WELL. IT IS WHAT IT IS. A DYING ART.. ¤§:~,,,,,,
,,,,,,~††¤ MAYBE FOR THE BEST. ¤††~,,,,,,
,,~:†§¤¶## ##¶¤§†:~,,
,,~:†§¤¶## ##¶¤§†:~,,
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,,~:††††§¶ ¶§††††:~,,
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,,~:†§¤¶¶# #¶¶¤§†:~,,