There are lots of weird things happening on the severed floor at Lumon Industries. There's a roomful of goats. There are violent paintings everywhere. There's a long dark hallway people walk down and never come back. And there's a child named Miss Huang serving as deputy manager.

Miss Huang, played by Northwestern University student Sarah Bock, is a new addition to the Severance cast this season. Several characters have expressed open puzzlement over why a child is now working in a position of authority over severed adults twice her age. So far, she's never answered those questions. "She’s probably prepared for it, but that’s part of the reason she’s so guarded and doesn’t show much emotion," Bock told Vulture. "Being a child puts her at a disadvantage. By being guarded and not showing any vulnerability or weakness, that’s her strategy for hanging on to any...