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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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#@@#&$*»~. THINGS IN THIS UNIVERSE ALWAYS SEEK THE .~»*$@@#
#@@#&$*»~. LEAST ENERGETIC STATE. ALL POTENTIAL IS .~»*$@@#
@##$$»»»~. GRADUALLY LOST INTO LESSER FORMS (SUCH .~»»»$$##@
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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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@##&&$*»~. OF COURSE, YOU'RE ALSO IRREVERSABLY .~»*$&#@
#$$»...... DRAINING TIME FROM THE UNIVERSE, BUT ......»$$#
@#&&**~... 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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##@#&$*»~. THESE ARE USUALLY CATASTROPHIC. .~»*$@##
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#@@#&$*»~. ACTIVE UNTIL CLOSED OFF BY COUNTER .~»*$@@#
@#$»»..... SPELLS (HARD TO PULL OFF) OR THERE'S NO .....»»$#@
@#&$$»~~~. MORE ENERGY TO FALL THROUGH. .~~~»$$@
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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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