[She kind of makes a face at the term "Akashic Record" - this would be much easier if there weren't so many things involved that went over her head. None of this feels like it's sinking in at all. Even Herta explaining it to her might not fully fix it.]

Maybe ask the question from the other side and see where these things converge.

It's speculated the game "resets" when it's rendered "unplayable." Too few people remaining, or those remaining too desensitized to death and violence... but what could we do, even prematurely, to lock the progress of this game?