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and into police custody. It is revealed in the aftermath that the person that tipped Dexter off was an FBI agent acting on the orders of
Devereaux's deputy, who turns out to be Dexter's old Tunnel Rat partner/mentor. Just as the story ends, the date is stated to be
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during his absence. He moves away and becomes only a small-town lawyer in his public face. But when the reason and price are right, he transforms himself into the "Avenger" and delivers justice not by killing criminals but by
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tunnels to hunt down the enemy in their own lairs. Dexter later married and had a daughter who at the age of 16 was lured away and forced into
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for their crimes against
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