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Old 2010-07-06, 17:22   Link #2963
Oliver
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Join Date: Apr 2010
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Originally Posted by LyricalAura View Post
You know... Has Lambda ever actually done anything that didn't end up helping Beato and Battler in some way? Even once?
...I wonder.

What if Lambda is actually out to depower Bern, rather than just trap her in a stalemate or win? Certainity does not win against miracles because these powers are exactly opposed, and it becomes an endurance contest. But if Lambda can get Bern to engross herself in somebody else's story and bet on something which is not simply unlikely, but explicitly logically impossible, she can trap her in a paradox.

After all, no miracle will determine the behaviour of a barber who shaves and doesn't shave himself.

EDIT: In fact, treat this paradox as a loop, and you get precisely what eternal magic would probably be able to accomplish.
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