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.:=^$*@#@# about removing the source of the action #@#@*$^=:.
.:=^$*@#@# from yourself. it works by exploiting a #@#@*$^=:.
.:=^$*@### kind of gravity, called the ###@*$^=:.
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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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.:=^$*@### the danger is a runaway spell - if the ###@*$^=:.
.:=^$****@ filament of your canal is too weak, or @****$^=:.
.:=^$*@#@# the potential is high enough to escape #@#@*$^=:.
.:=^$*@#@# any self-closing mechanisms - a breach. #@#@*$^=:.
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.:=^$*@### these are usually catastrophic. ###@*$^=:.
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.:=^$*@#@# spells (hard to pull off) or there's no #@#@*$^=:.
.:=^$*@#@# more energy to fall through. #@#@*$^=:.
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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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