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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). ##¶@%§^«^,
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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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,,,,,^^^§@ ARROW IS FORCED TO DO YOUR BIDDING! @§^^^,,,,,
,^«^§%@¶## ##¶@%§^«^,
,^«^§%@¶## 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. ###¶%§^«^,
,^«^§%@¶## ##¶@%§^«^,
,^«^§%@¶## 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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,^«^§%@### WELL. IT IS WHAT IT IS. A DYING ART.. ###@%§^«^,
,,,,^«§§@@ MAYBE FOR THE BEST. @@§§«^,,,,
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