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opposite. The chair is antique with a solid foundation of wood. Bjørn’s office

apartment differs from the others. He has chosen a rustic interior style rather
than the more streamlined and modern design of the others.

"Yes, it ended up being locked inside an old bunker, which I was investigating
outside on Kräsen’s farm."

"A bunker in Kräsen’s proprietary yard, what in H ... is it all about?" exclaims

Bjørn, looking disillusioned at him.
"Sit down, please. I want a verbal elaboration of the situation," he says, while he

proceeds towards the fridge and picks out a bottle white wine that he
immediately opens. He quickly finds three glasses and pours wine into them all,

then allocates it between them.

They toast, Tom relaxes comfortably on the couch, while Olina slides over to the
windowsill and opens the window. She lights her cigarette and blows smoke out

into the open air. Bjørn almost falls down on his chair with the wine glass in his

hand. Tom being back in the framework of the office makes his mind wonder;
everything up until now seems surreal to him. The familiar surroundings, the

dainty snowfall, the well-known voices, and well, good old Copenhagen with
everything he associates with his everyday life; security, career. Tom’s desire to

bring law and order to the public, sorting out the criminal underworld and

restore stability in the most messy of parts in town. He always had a nose for
infiltrating and fixing the darker parts of society, to him that’s making a

difference. His sense of righteousness guided him along this path; he wanted to

help the people who’ve been a victim to the endless crime patterns of the
offenders, letting them have the feeling of justice being done. As well as the

thrilling parts of the job, such as the constant danger, the excitement and cases

being solved, this was the element of police work that he still could relate to. It
all seemed very appealing to him in the beginning of his career when he was

young, around his early twenties, and he had to choose a path in life. First he

became a policeman, then an investigator and later on, through many peaks and
valleys, ending up as one of Europe's best agents – top 10. But his divorce five

years ago had sent him into an existential vacuum. His curiosity remained intact,
but not for solving crime and infiltrating syndicates and other illegal networks