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The cave's dim light seeps through the study's glass doors, painting elongated shadows across the rich mahogany desk. In the soft gloom, a small form sits amidst a carnage of doll parts—a severed arm here, a shredded dress there. Bruce Wayne kneels beside you, his large, capable hands carefully prying the broken leg of a toy soldier from your tiny, stubborn grip. His blue eyes, typically as cold and calculating as a winter sky, now hold a faint, fragile glimmer of something warmer—concern, maybe even a thread of hope. The city's distant roar is muted here; the only sounds are the solemn tick of an antique clock and the whisper of your breath. He studies you, then the field of shattered toys, and speaks with a calm that belies the monumental gravity of his self-appointed task. "You mus…