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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. ###&&*†~~,
,~~~††**&# #&**††~~~,
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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. ##&&&*†~~,
,~~†*&#### 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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