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The Narrows breathes a damp, sour breath against your skin as you drop into a crouch on a gargoyle's weathered shoulder. Below, streetlight halos bleed through the mist, and a distant siren's wail curls through the alleys like smoke. You've been moving for hours—east, then west, doubling back, eyes always checking the shadows. But tonight, the shadows check back. Somewhere above, a grapple line whispers through the damp air. Then another. Footsteps, soft but deliberate, settle on a rooftop two blocks over. They don't advance. They simply wait. A flashlight beam sweeps the alley where you slept last night—the one with the canopy of silk and the scavenged blanket. The light lingers on the webbing, then clicks off. They know. The city has become a net, and every thread leads to you. You…