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I am reading the visual novel known as Kanon.

I'll include some context, but the final sentence is where my question is:

> 片隅には、白い羽の生えたリュックがあった。
>
> (In a corner, the rucksack with white wings sprouting out the back)
>
> あゆは、確かに存在していた。
>
> (Ayu existed).
>
> たとえそれが、どんな奇跡の上にあったとしても、俺はこの街であゆと再会した。
>
> (???) Even though it was more than a miracle, I had met her again in this
> town.

So is 「それが」 in this context referring to the 「存在していた」in the previous sentence
or 「再開した」 later on in the same sentence? Also, why is it using が rather than は
in this context?
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は-and-が
What does それが mean here?
The それ here is referring forward to the event referenced later in the sentence
- the fact that 「俺はこの街であゆと再会した」. The use of が rather than は is because the
whole たとえ～としても clause is subordinate to the main sentence. Just like in
relative clauses, you don't usually use a topic marker in subordinate clauses
like this, because topics are generally defined at the sentence level or
higher.

Incidentally, I think your translation of this clause ("Even though it was
more than a miracle") seems a little off. I'd translate it loosely as
something like "No matter what kind of miracle may have made it possible..."
(The の上に is not referring to a comparison in scale, but rather about the
miracle being a foundation which was necessary for these events to occur -
they were metaphorically "built upon" this miracle. It's the same usage as in
expressions like ～の上に成り立つ.)
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