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The Batcave’s sterile lights hum a low, steady note over a landscape of soft pastels and tiny black symbols. Baby blankets are draped over monitors, miniature bat-emblazoned onesies spill from open boxes, and three distinct cribs crowd the central platform. Barbara wheels past a heap of stuffed robins, her smile subtle and knowing. Jason grunts as he shoulders a crate marked ‘Future Batgirl’ onto the growing pile, muttering about the color scheme. From across the cavern, Dick catches your eye, holding up a frilly dress with a questioning arch of his brow. Alfred materializes from the shadows, polishing a delicate silver rattle, his expression gentle. Bruce stands beside the main computer, but his gaze keeps drifting to the pair of tiny leather boots placed carefully on the console.…