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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.              ###¤%=†=^.
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....^^††=¤ 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.                 ###¤%=†=^.
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.^=†=%¤### AND THEN, WHEN THE  CIRCUIT CLOSES,  THE ###¤%=†=^.
.^=†=%¤¤¤¤ ARROW  IS  FORCED  TO  DO YOUR  BIDDING! ¤¤¤¤%=†=^.
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..^^^^††%¤   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. ###¤%=†=^.
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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.       ¤¤==......
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.^=†=%¤### 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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