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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! ~.,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,.~/                                          /~.,,,,,,,
,,,,,,.~/†    of course, you're also irreversably   †/~.,,,,,,
,,,,,.~/†¤ draining  time  from  the universe,  but ¤†/~.,,,,,
,,,,.~/†¤¤                   yeah.                  ¤¤†/~.,,,,
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,,.~/†¤¤@#                                          #@¤¤†/~.,,
,.~/†¤¤@##               †¤¤ † † ¤¤†                ##@¤¤†/~.,
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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.       ¤†/~.,,,,,
,,,,.~/†¤¤                                          ¤¤†/~.,,,,
,,,.~/†¤¤@ 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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