¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§                                          §§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§
§§§§§§§§§§                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          §§¨¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨§¨¨¨§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§                                          §§¨¨§§¨§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§                 †¤ †¤† ¤†                ¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§§           †¤†¤¤--¨    ¨--†¤¤†¤†          §§§§§¨§§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨ †¤  †¤  ,,,  ¨¨  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.           §¨§§§§§§§¨
¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§                                          §§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§
§§§§§§§§§§                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          §§¨¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨§¨¨¨§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§                                          §§¨¨§§¨§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§                                          ¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨