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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ †§ †§ ^^^ ¨¨ magic ¨¨ ^^^ §† §† ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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). ¨^=*†§§£@#
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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^=*
=^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^=
^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨^=*†§§£@#
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£§§†*=^¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨^=*†§§
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