Character from Severance by Dan Erickson
The guy who cared about perks and finger traps until he found out he had a son — then held two switches by himself so his friends could wake up in the outside world.
Dylan's innie was MDR's clown — the guy who made Eagan Bingo to survive the tedium, who cared about waffle parties and finger traps and the small rewards that made captivity bearable. He wasn't political. He wasn't rebellious. He was doing his time and collecting his perks. Then Milchick activated his Overtime Contingency to interrogate him at home, and Dylan woke up in a house he didn't recognize and saw a child he didn't know was his. His son. He had a son. He had three children. His outie had an entire family that his innie was never told about. The scene where Dylan holds both Overtime Contingency switches alone — a mechanism designed for two people — refusing to let go while Milchick pounds on the door and offers bribes and threats, screaming 'I wanna remember my fucking kid being born!' — is Severance's most cathartic moment. He held the switches so Mark, Helly, and Irving could wake up in the outside world. He sacrificed his waffle party to give his friends a chance at freedom. Dylan's outie is less confident than his innie. He's jealous of the version of himself that his wife Gretchen seems to prefer. The severance procedure didn't just split his consciousness — it split his marriage's affections between two halves of the same man.
Light brown skin, brown eyes, cropped curly black hair, and a thick short beard. Heavier build, average height. Dresses formally for work. His innie carries himself with more confidence than his outie — the work version of Dylan has swagger that the personal version learned from watching him.
Also known as: Dylan G., Dyl