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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 ##,,,,##,,
####,,,,,,                   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.      ####,,,,##
,,##,,,,,, 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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