¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨                                          §§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨                                          §¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨                 §* §*§ *§                ¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨           §*§**»»¨    ¨»»§**§*§          ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§ §*  §*   ^^^  ¨¨  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.            §§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨                                          §§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨                                          §¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨