It's basically muzzily handwaved in the first few episodes - very much comes across as a "it was a good idea at first but quickly became a bloody nuisance to write".
Fanfic does it better, say it as I probably shouldn't (and okay, sometimes fanfic does it worse... but not much!)
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Fanfic does it better, say it as I probably shouldn't (and okay, sometimes fanfic does it worse... but not much!)
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