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Old 2010-08-16, 22:41   Link #154
Oliver
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Originally Posted by k//eternal View Post
Come to think of it, who told us that? Wasn't it effectively Bern?
I'm not sure, but I expect this isn't relevant.
If the starting conditions are not identical up until a certain observable point in time, the game records cannot be used jointly to solve the mystery, as they refer to worlds which diverge at an unknown point of time in the past, and none of them contains sufficient information to be solved alone. So for it to be solvable we have to assume they diverge no earlier than a certain time that is shown as something other than a flashback - which is early morning of the 4th.

Leon's world very clearly disregards this rule, and even though it is mostly used as a storytelling device, breaking this rule at all casts doubt on the rest of the testimony.
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