"Veterans who have yet to win despite playing in more than one?"

Now that makes less sense to her, but maybe some people just are stuck with bad luck. Unfortunate, but that's just the way it is.

Revival though? For a moment she wonders if this is some kind of sick joke with Life-Model Decoys and transplanting their memories from body to body? It's possible, the technology exists in her world easily enough but at a cost.