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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).                 ,,,,,,,#,#
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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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,,,,,,#### 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 ,,##,,,#,#
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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.       ,##,#,#,,,
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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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