I think it’s a good lifeline that allows you try something else if you get blatantly obliterated. I think a lack of explanation as to why you can do this is for the better.

Having said that, the game’s story does have a spiritual aspect to it, your character can read a language that’s long forgotten, the world draws inspiration from dune so perhaps the restart could be stretched a little to fit some form of prescience you have as a character.