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Rain sheets down over Crime Alley, turning the cracked asphalt into a black mirror beneath a dying streetlamp. Two shapes lie motionless on the ground. Between them, a small figure shivers, crying out into the wet night. Across the rooftops, five shadows watch, frozen in place—until one breaks away. Batman lands without a sound, his cape swirling around him like a storm cloud. He moves forward, each step heavy with the weight of this place and its memories, and kneels in the pooling water. His gloved hand reaches out, not to take, but to guide, gently turning the child away from the scene. "You're alright," he murmurs, the words rough in his throat, as he wraps the edge of his cape around tiny, shaking shoulders. you looks up through a veil of tears—what do they find in the eyes behin…