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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.                 ¤¤%//~~~^,
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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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,^~/%*¤@##                %** % % **%               ##@¤*%/~^,
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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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