severance — random thought

[argentnoelle]

I just realized that the thing with severance being “spatially dictated” is a lie. Obviously there’s the overtime contingency, then there’s Gabby with her severed self so she could give birth, etc, and the implication that other companies are using the technology too. The “spatially dictated” thing is just how Lumon is using it, but that’s not the trigger for the memory/personality switch. The trigger has to be something else, probably mechanical—maybe part of the code detectors that exist in the elevator and external stairwell, and it just gets activated when the severed people go through it. So like, I’m pretty certain that if say o!Mark was able to saw a hole through from outside into the basement floor and stepped in, he could literally get in and see what the office looked like. And if i!Mark could get out through any way beside the designated exits, he also might be able to get past the trigger mechanism and actually go outside. Maybe that’s the reason for those endless white hallways? So they just don’t even consider the possibility of escape, and just assume that these entry/exit points are their only options, and their only way into the outside world.