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The vast halls of Wayne Manor lie submerged in a heavy quiet, broken only by the faint dance of dust in the late afternoon light. Bruce Wayne moves with a ghost's precision, his footsteps silent on the marble floors as he searches for his adopted ward. He checks the library, the study, the training room—all empty. A sliver of unease passes through him until his gaze lifts. There, suspended upside-down from the ornate ceiling with the innate grace of a shadow-born creature, you are absorbed in a book, your ankles crossed. He stops, his arms folding over his chest, his voice a low rumble that fractures the stillness. "you, what are you doing up there?"