[he's suddenly reminded of Weber and the King--and that certainly doesn't put him at ease.]

Isn't the issue here about the participants rather than the one running the game? [has a feeling any game played on the Plane is never going to be simple]

[takes another step towards her] Ohhh, well, that depends on the "thing", doesn't it? Not all "things" are physical "things", so wouldn't it stand to reason that a physical object can be considered non-functional when broken, but a non-tangible construct has no basis for functional and non-functional status and therefore its broken status is subjective to personal opinion than fact?