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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. ¨¨¨.«**&#@
&§/.¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨./§&
&&&&§*/«.¨ 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. ¨.«/*§§§§&
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&**/.¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨./**&
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#&**//..¨¨ ¨¨..//**&#
###&§*/«.¨ well. it is what it is. a dying art.. ¨.«/*§&###
#§*/.¨¨¨¨¨ maybe for the best. ¨¨¨¨¨./*§#
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