,-=*^%@### ###@%^*=-,
,,-=*^%@## ##@%^*=-,,
,,,-=*^%@# #@%^*=-,,,
,,-=*^%@## ##@%^*=-,,
,-=*^%@### ###@%^*=-,
,,-=*^%@## ^% ^%^ %^ ##@%^*=-,,
,,,-=*^%@# ^%^%%==, ,==^%%^%^ #@%^*=-,,,
,,-=*^%@## ^% ^% --- ,, 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. ##@%^*=-,,
,,,-=*^%@# #@%^*=-,,,
,,-=*^%@## ##@%^*=-,,
,-=*^%@### ###@%^*=-,
,,-=*^%@## ##@%^*=-,,
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,,-=*^%@## ##@%^*=-,,