Burt's retirement

>!Theory: Outie Burt sent a message to innie Irving through his retirement video

1) Irving's outie appears to be a spy. He has documents related to severance employees, he is talking to someone who didn't pick up (Burt?) on the payphone about how his "innie got the message". In another active thread right now, there is speculation that outie Irving is communicating with innie Irving through his watch. Perhaps he shared the time of his retirement party.

2) The retirement video feels like comic relief, but it isn't. Burt is requesting specific information.

When he says "I don't really know any of you but the man standing there with you now does" he is speaking to Irving.

He goes on to say "...even though sitting here right now I have no recollection of actually ever meeting you I have no idea of your names any of your physical characteristics or even how many of you there are." This is what he is supposed to report back.

3) At the end of the video, Burt glanced at his watch and it cuts off

4) The general vibe hints at it. In the video, Burt says "I'm certain you will remain with me in spirit in some deep and yet complete unaccessible corner of my mind" (there has been speculation about passing messages through dreams and how Irving falls asleep a lot at work). Burt's retirement song has lyrics like "Will you remember the times of your life?"

5) The very first thing Irving says back at MDR after the retirement party is "let's burn this place to the ground". This kicks off their overtime contingency plan. During the overtime contingency, we see Irving pound on Burt's door yelling Burt's name. Irving is not stupid, he knows that outie Burt would not know who innie Irving is. But it makes a lot of sense if they are working together. We never actually see innie Irving turn around at Burt's door - I think he told him everything he needed to know.

Now I'm already worried that Burt is a double agent...

Edit: as soon as innie Irving gets back to work in s2e1, ge disappears for a few minutes!<