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Reznik's arm in the machine *minor spoilers*


Did Miller and his supervisor conspire to have Reznik's arm crushed (or at least, have him fired)? just before his arm gets stuck, he chats with them and the supervisor gives a strange look to Reznik's arm, who adpots a confused look (subtle but it's there), and before that, when Reznik's was about to leave the supervisor told him to go to work with the same machine that caught his arm! maybe the other workers were all on it too?

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No Ivan is not real

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No, it was coincidence, but it played into his paranoia that they were conspiring against him in such a way.

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Machines like that can be dangerous even for a sober, calm person following procedure. Trevor was sleep deprived, hallucinating, and paranoid. I think its more likely that he slipped up and caused it himself.

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^exactly what happened

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