– While working on the patch, Jonah stumbles upon an encrypted folder on Alex’s laptop. Curious, he cracks it and discovers a copy of Mindi’s unpublished article, complete with source files and interview recordings. The folder is password‑protected, but the password is hidden in a line of code Alex had written for the patch.
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