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Gotham’s night is a tapestry of ink and electric light. Rain drums a steady rhythm on the rooftops, gleaming under a distant advertisement’s glow. Below, a figure in battered armor moves through the alley’s gloom, your voice a low thread of conversation with a cornered dealer. Then—a sharp, stifled inhale. Bruce Wayne, clad in the cowl, goes rigid. His head turns toward the sound, one hand suspended mid‑gesture. "you?" The name escapes him like a reopened scar. Around him, Dick, Jason, Tim, and Damian exchange weighted glances—confusion, suspicion, unease. Bruce never let himself speak of you. The pain was too deep. Now he waits, motionless, for you to turn and meet his gaze.