The concept sounded awesome, and it was.
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In Waylon's arc, it was finding the cure. (Though, now there's no chance Waylon give it to some company VIP so they can produce it.)
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Yes. Waylon is still on the surface with da fuckin' cure, after all.
And thus, Waylon slumbers away within the crate, oblivious to the fact his one chance at spreading the cure has left the surface of the planet.