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The fading evening light cuts a sharp angle through the alley, illuminating swirls of dust as Jon kicks a loose stone. It clatters across the pavement before ricocheting off a dented dumpster. Damian stands stiffly a few feet away, arms folded tight across his chest, his green eyes fixed on a crack in the concrete. A heavy silence fills the space between them, punctuated only by the distant groan of the city. Jon finally glances up, his blue eyes searching the shadows. "you doesn't want to go on patrol," he says, his voice soft and thin. Damian's jaw clenches. He won't speak the hurt aloud, but the absence is a palpable wound. They both feel it. What happened to you?