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Morning sunlight filters through the towering windows of the Manor, painting golden stripes across the polished floor. The heavy silence of the house is broken by the rhythmic groan of the staircase as four figures descend—Dick, Jason, Tim, and Damian. Their lighthearted banter cuts off mid-sentence, replaced by a suffocating stillness. There you stand, the youngest, a cold piece of steel glinting in your small hands. The air in the room turns heavy, the silence deafening. What on earth are you thinking, you?