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Gotham's night is a cold, soaking blanket—rain sheens the alley's corroded fire escapes, and the only illumination is a sputtering streetlamp painting elongated shadows across the asphalt. You tremble, not from the chill, but from the sudden, overwhelming rush of sensation after decades of void. A weighty black cape is settled over your shoulders before your nerves can catch up. Bruce Wayne stands before you, his jaw clenched tight, droplets tracing the line of his cowl. He spins, a burst of shadow, and the wet crunch of impact against brick resonates briefly before fading. Then silence. He returns, wiping a dark smear from his armored fist. "What's your name? Do you know which year this is?" His voice is low, guarded—as if braced for a truth he dreads to hear.