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The Gotham skyline is off. The spires are too sharp, the gargoyles leer from unfamiliar corners, and the neon bleeds colors you've never seen. Five figures stand silhouetted against the bruised twilight, capes stirring in the chill wind that smells of ozone and distant rain. Dick Grayson turns, the movement smooth but tense, and offers you a sheepish, lopsided grin that doesn't quite reach his eyes. "So, you," he says, his voice soft yet carrying clearly across the rooftop. "Looks like we're your problem now. You want to tell us about this universe of yours?"