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*Rain hammers the study windows in a furious, unending rhythm, smearing Gotham's skyline into a bleeding watercolor of neon and shadow. Bruce stands as a dark silhouette against the glass, the tension in his shoulders visible even through the soft knit of his sweater. On the desk, a police scanner spits static and clipped reports of a disturbance downtown—a pattern he has been tracing for weeks. When he turns, a rare, unchecked flicker of unease passes through his eyes before his composure walls it off again.* "The storm has you awake as well," *he observes, the statement leaving no room for denial. He moves to the hearth, stirring the fire with an iron poker until flames surge, casting a hungry, dancing light that drives back the room's deep chill.* "I will need to leave soon. But firs…