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June 27, 2007

David: The Basics

“Observe,” the sorcerer told his apprentice, tearing a long thin strip from a scroll. “This represents the flow of magic in the world.” The sorcerer bent the paper over on itself and fed one loose end through the resulting loop. “What have I done?”

“You tied it into a knot.”

“Correct. Now,…” He carefully squeezed the paper knot flat, folding each bend and tightening until it was perfectly smooth and flat. “…what is this?”

“A pentagon?”

“Correct. This is why we perform our spells inside pentagrams. They are knots in the flow of magic, pooling it where we need it.”

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