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,,,,,,:$§# MAGIC IS ABOUT BEING UNACCOUNTABLE, #§$:,,,,,,
,,~:%$§### ABOUT REMOVING THE SOURCE OF THE ACTION ###§$%:~,,
,,,,~~:$§# FROM YOURSELF. IT WORKS BY EXPLOITING A #§$:~~,,,,
,,~:%$§### KIND OF GRAVITY, CALLED THE ###§$%:~,,
,,~:%$§§## ARROW OF TIME. ##§§$%:~,,
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,,~~~:%%§§ 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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,,,,,:$$## ARROW IS FORCED TO DO YOUR BIDDING! ##$$:,,,,,
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,,~:%$§### OF COURSE, YOU'RE ALSO IRREVERSABLY ###§$%:~,,
,~:%$§#### DRAINING TIME FROM THE UNIVERSE, BUT ####§$%:~,
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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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,,,~:::$§§ ALTHOUGH MANY ARE LOCAL, THEY STAY §§$:::~,,,
,,~:::::%§ ACTIVE UNTIL CLOSED OFF BY COUNTER §%:::::~,,
,,~:%$§### SPELLS (HARD TO PULL OFF) OR THERE'S NO ###§$%:~,,
,,,,,,~:$§ MORE ENERGY TO FALL THROUGH. §$:~,,,,,,
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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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