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Originally Posted by Jan-Poo

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There is also what Dlanor said: "You can't make a piece do something that it can't do". Frankly I trust Dlanor more than Bernkastel. So when Bern said that piece Battler solved the riddle only because she was playing him, it's not true. According to Dlanor Battler does have the potential to solve the riddle.

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Unless this "Battler" isn't the normal "Battler".
Also, let's say that the real Battler had a 1/10^10 chance of solving the riddle. In that case, Bern would be right in saying that she caused him to solve it (or at least almost infinitely close to right) by choosing the correct kakera instead of leaving it to chance. In other words, she's stretching the truth by only the slightest of margins, and in a way that isn't measurable by human means.

Also, it's possible that Battler only solved the riddle because of Erika's help, and if we assume that Bern threw Erika into the game, then she can take a little more credit. (although there was always a possibility of Erika landing on the island by chance)

Originally Posted by Jan-Poo

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Anyway clearly if you think the gameboards are in the real world, then you need to accept a certain degree of "magic", because traveling between kakera and or resetting time is not possible. But if you think the gameboards are in a fantasy/metaphysical world, then it isn't magic at all.

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I don't think you need to accept magic necessarily.
This goes back to what Virgilia said, about technology of the future seeming like magic. For example, some properties of quantum physics seemed so fantastical that even Einstein didn't want to believe in them. For anyone before the last couple centuries, the thought of considering the effects of quantum physics as a rational "science" would be laughable.

Also, if our real universe were a single kakera among many, then it would be almost impossible to prove that fact by definition. For all we know, and will ever know, the existence of "multiple universes" is a simple fact of reality. Also, if these multiple kakera exist, it's a very reasonable Devil's Proof to suggest that "there is some way of traveling between them". Unlike most Devil's Proofs, there's probably a greater likelihood of this statement being correct, judging by the size and complexity of the universe.

In short, simple kakera-switching can fall outside the realm of fantasy and into standard science fiction. The only reason Battler started fighting against fantasy is because he believes that "reason exists in this world". Well, good sci-fi always follows the laws of reason and logic, at least to the limits that they are known at the time of writing.

Edit: Of course, if you subscribe to certain other Kakera theories, you can get a different explanation. It's not necessarily true that each kakera is a different universe.