¨^~/†§¤¤¤@                                          @¤¤¤§†/~^¨
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¨^~/†§¤#@#                                          #@#¤§†/~^¨
¨¨¨¨~~†§¤@                 †§ †§† §†                @¤§†~~¨¨¨¨
¨^~/†§¤#@#           †§†§§~~¨    ¨~~†§§†§†          #@#¤§†/~^¨
¨^~/†§¤@## †§  †§  ^^^  ¨¨   magic  ¨¨  ^^^  §†  §† ##@¤§†/~^¨
¨^~/†§¤#@#           †§†§§~~¨    ¨~~§§†§†           #@#¤§†/~^¨
¨¨^~/†§§##                †§ †§† §†                 ##§§†/~^¨¨
¨^~/†††§¤#                                          #¤§†††/~^¨
¨^~/†§¤##@    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.                   #@#¤§†/~^¨
¨¨¨¨¨^//§¤                                          ¤§//^¨¨¨¨¨
¨^~/†§¤#@#                                          #@#¤§†/~^¨
¨¨¨¨¨~†§¤#               †§§ † † §§†                #¤§†~¨¨¨¨¨
¨^~/†§¤¤¤@                                          @¤¤¤§†/~^¨
¨^~/†§¤###                                          ###¤§†/~^¨
¨^~/†§¤#@# 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. #@#¤§†/~^¨
¨^~/†§¤#@#                                          #@#¤§†/~^¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~†¤#                                          #¤†~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨^~/†§¤#@#                    †§†                   #@#¤§†/~^¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~/†¤                                          ¤†/~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨^~†§¤#@##                                          ##@#¤§†~^¨
¨^~/†§¤#@# well. it  is  what it is. a  dying art.. #@#¤§†/~^¨
¨^~/†§¤#@#           maybe for the best.            #@#¤§†/~^¨
¨^~/†§¤#@#                                          #@#¤§†/~^¨
¨^~/†§¤#@#                                          #@#¤§†/~^¨
¨¨¨¨¨^/§§¤                                          ¤§§/^¨¨¨¨¨
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