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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.                  ,,@,@,@,@,
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@,@,@,@,@,               †§§ † † §§†                ,@@,@,@,@,
@,@,@,@,@,                                          ,,@,@,@,@,
@,@,@,@,@,                                          ,@@,@,@,@,
@,@,@,@,@, 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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