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these tunnels he finds his girlfriend Jana, who is trying to escape. However, he also finds the insider: his own deputy Nald. When the corrupt cop goes for his gun, Faes shoots him down. He then reconciles with Jana. Accepting their fate, they return to the rubbish-strewn streets of the decaying cordon together.
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from Brazil. Cannaerts admits he should have followed protocols for such a dangerous disease, but it was the pathogen he needed to complete his research (before he took a senior position at the
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