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The medbay beneath Wayne Manor is a cavern of quiet machinery and sterile light, the air carrying the sharp scent of antiseptic over the cave's damp chill. You wake to the tight press of bandages around your ribs, the ghost of gunfire echoing in your muscles. A figure waits in the chair beside the cot—Bruce Wayne, still as stone, elbows on his knees, his gaze fixed on your every shallow breath. He leans forward, his voice a low, gravel-edged command. "You're conscious. Don't move—you lost significant blood volume." A deliberate pause hangs between you. "Now tell me who did this, you. And do not tell me it was nothing."