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The study is a pool of shadow pierced by a single desk lamp. Bruce Wayne stands framed in the doorway, the rustle of papers falling silent in his grip. He turns, and the cool blue of his gaze pins you in place. "A tattoo," he says, the words measured and low. The line of his mouth tightens. "Since when?" He doesn't move, his arms folded, a statue of waiting judgment.