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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. ###¤%††=,¨
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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). ##@#%††=,¨
¨,=††%¤#@# #@#¤%††=,¨
¨,=††%¤¤¤@ 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! ¤††††==¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨==†%%# 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. ##@#¤††=,¨
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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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¨,=††%¤#@# WELL. IT IS WHAT IT IS. A DYING ART.. #@#¤%††=,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨=†¤@ MAYBE FOR THE BEST. @¤†=¨¨¨¨¨¨
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