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 ===== Biography ===== ===== Biography =====
-Peg Kincaid was a 54-year old divorced woman who lived in Topeka, KS. She had one older sister, Meryl Rasmussen, of Tacoma, WA. Peg and Meryl were very close as children, being only 11 months apart in age, and even invented a secret language called "Puglish" to communicate with each other. Puglish was a simple substitution alphabet that used symbols such as seahorses and lightning bolts instead of letters. The sisters used Puglish to write secret messages to each other about "which teachers they hated or boys they liked" that no one else could read.  +Peg Kincaid was a 54-year old divorced woman who lived in Topeka, KS. She had one older sister, Meryl Rasmussen, of Tacoma, WA. Peg and Meryl were very close as children, being only 11 months apart in age, and even invented a secret language called "Puglish" to communicate with each other. Puglish was a simple substitution alphabet that used symbols such as seahorses and lightning bolts instead of letters. The sisters used Puglish to write secret messages to each other that no one else could read.  
  
-Before joining Lumon, Peg worked for 12 years as a bus driver for Clover Elementary off Route 2 in Topeka. She enjoyed the job and the children (despite not having any of her own), but reached a breaking point one February after accidentally hitting black ice and crashing her bus into a ditch. It took hours for the children to be picked up and the bus to be towed, during which Peg and the kids had to wait in freezing temperatures with no heat. +Before joining Lumon, Peg worked for 12 years as a bus driver for Clover Elementary School off Route 2 in Topeka. She enjoyed the job and the children (despite not having any of her own), but reached a breaking point one February after accidentally hitting black ice and crashing her bus into a ditch. It took hours for the children to be picked up and the bus to be towed, during which Peg and the kids had to wait in freezing temperatures with no heat. 
  
 After this harrowing misadventure, Peg decided she needed a new job. She went to the Lumon Industries branch in Topeka after hearing a well-placed recruitment ad on the radio. She was offered a position on the condition that she agree to the [[Severance procedure]]. In exchange for an office job with reasonable hours, great benefits, and four times the pay, Peg happily accepted. She considered not having to remember her work day an extra bonus.  After this harrowing misadventure, Peg decided she needed a new job. She went to the Lumon Industries branch in Topeka after hearing a well-placed recruitment ad on the radio. She was offered a position on the condition that she agree to the [[Severance procedure]]. In exchange for an office job with reasonable hours, great benefits, and four times the pay, Peg happily accepted. She considered not having to remember her work day an extra bonus. 
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 Peg worked at Lumon for two years without incident. One day in October she discovered a piece of paper in her pocket after exiting the Severed elevator. It was a note written in Puglish. Shocked, Peg took the note home and translated it. It was a letter from her Innie, Peggy K.  Peg worked at Lumon for two years without incident. One day in October she discovered a piece of paper in her pocket after exiting the Severed elevator. It was a note written in Puglish. Shocked, Peg took the note home and translated it. It was a letter from her Innie, Peggy K. 
  
-Despite it being against Lumon's policies, and knowing it was endangering her job, Peg decided to write back. She composed a note in Puglish and smuggled it onto the Severed floor in her pocket. Peg and her Innie spent the next three to four weeks using this method to successfully communicate in secret. Apparently Puglish was different enough from normal language to not set off the code detectors. Peggy tried to explain her job in Macrodata Refinement, and what it was like working on the Severed floor. In return, Peg answered questions about her personal life and experiences. The two got to know each other, and Peg began to think of Peggy as a friend. +Despite it being against Lumon's policies, and knowing it was endangering her job, Peg decided to write back. She composed a note in Puglish and smuggled it onto the Severed floor in her pocket. Peg and her Innie spent the next three to four weeks using this method to successfully communicate in secret. Puglish was different enough from normal language to not set off the code detectors. Peggy tried to explain her job in Macrodata Refinement, and what it was like working on the Severed floor. In return, Peg answered questions about her personal life and experiences. The two got to know each other, and Peg began to think of Peggy as a friend. 
  
-On November 3rd, Peg received another Puglish letter from Peggy. In it, Peggy described being very excited after earning a melon bar party as a reward for finishing her latest macrodata file. She completed the file, called Lexington, at 2:30pm that day. That evening, Peg saw Daria Thorne from //The Topeka Star// on television reporting on a truck bombing in New York. The truck belonged to Dorner Therapeutics, a competitor of Lumon's, and was carrying their latest prototype when it exploded. Peg was horrified to hear that six people died. She was even more horrified to learn the time of the explosion: 2:32pm, two minutes after Peggy reported finishing the Lexington file.+On November 3rd, Peg received another Puglish letter from Peggy. In it, Peggy described being very excited after earning a [[melon bar]] party as a reward for finishing her latest macrodata file. She completed the file, called Lexington, at 2:30pm that day. That evening, Peg saw Daria Thorne from //The Topeka Star// on television reporting on a truck bombing in New York. The truck belonged to Dorner Therapeutics, a competitor of Lumon's, and was carrying their latest prototype when it exploded. Peg was horrified to hear that six people died. She was even more horrified to learn the time of the explosion: 2:32pm, two minutes after Peggy reported finishing the Lexington file.
  
 Peg became convinced that Peggy completing the Lexington file was somehow connected to the truck bombing. She asked Peggy for more details about the file, and told her not to refine any more numbers until they could confirm Lumon wasn't using them to unwittingly commit terrible deeds. But then Peggy stopped responding. Peg became concerned and thought about quitting, but knew that leaving Lumon would mean essentially killing Peggy. So she waited, growing more and more distraught as her Innie's silence dragged on.   Peg became convinced that Peggy completing the Lexington file was somehow connected to the truck bombing. She asked Peggy for more details about the file, and told her not to refine any more numbers until they could confirm Lumon wasn't using them to unwittingly commit terrible deeds. But then Peggy stopped responding. Peg became concerned and thought about quitting, but knew that leaving Lumon would mean essentially killing Peggy. So she waited, growing more and more distraught as her Innie's silence dragged on.  
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 ==== Escape and Whistleblowing ==== ==== Escape and Whistleblowing ====
  
- Several days later, Peg emerged from the Severed elevator with something tucked down the back of her pants. It was a bound document called [[The Macrodata Refiner's Orientation Booklet]]. A letter from Peggy written in plain English was taped to the front, explaining that Peggy had been in the [[Break Room]] after being caught with Peg's last note. It also explained that Lumon was updating the code detectors (presumably to pick up Puglish and other symbols) but that they were down on that particular day, which allowed Peggy to smuggle out the booklet out without anyone knowing. + Several days later, Peg emerged from the Severed elevator with something tucked down the back of her pants. It was a bound document called [[The Macrodata Refiner's Orientation Booklet]]. A letter from Peggy written in plain English was taped to the front, explaining that Peggy had been in the [[Break Room]] after being caught with Peg's last note. It also explained that Lumon was updating the code detectors (presumably to pick up Puglish and other symbols) but that they were down on that particular day, which allowed Peggy to smuggle out the booklet without anyone knowing. 
  
-The orientation booklet gave an in-depth explanation on how to refine a macrodata file, but not any more information on what the numbers meant. It also contained Lumon's general policies for Severed workers, including hygiene practices, dress code, inter-departmental fraternization, and communication between Innies and Outies. +The orientation booklet gave an in-depth explanation on how to refine a macrodata file, but not any more information on what the numbers meant. It also contained Lumon's general policies for Severed workers, including hygiene practices, dress code, cross-departmental fraternization, and communication between Innies and Outies. 
  
 Even knowing the code detectors had been updated, Peg couldn't resist writing a note a week later on November 9th to ask if Peggy was okay. She emerged from the Severed floor ten minutes later with something wadded up in her mouth. It was the final note from Peggy:  Even knowing the code detectors had been updated, Peg couldn't resist writing a note a week later on November 9th to ask if Peggy was okay. She emerged from the Severed floor ten minutes later with something wadded up in her mouth. It was the final note from Peggy: 
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 ===== Trivia ===== ===== Trivia =====
-  * Peg mentions that the children on her bus route nicknamed her Baby Driver after learning she was the youngest driver on the payroll at Clover Elementary. //Baby Driver// was a movie released in 2017, meaning the events of //The Lexington Letter// occur after that.  +  * Peg mentions that the children on her bus route nicknamed her Baby Driver after learning she was the youngest driver on the payroll at Clover Elementary. [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3890160/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0|Baby Driver]] was a movie released on June 28, 2017, implying the events of //The Lexington Letter// occur after that.  
   * Peg completed a few semesters at Kansas State University, but did not graduate with a degree.    * Peg completed a few semesters at Kansas State University, but did not graduate with a degree. 
   * After Peg's Severance procedure, Lumon gave her a "really nice four-cheese panini" for lunch. What a great place to work!    * After Peg's Severance procedure, Lumon gave her a "really nice four-cheese panini" for lunch. What a great place to work! 
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