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Rain lashes against the grimy apartment windows, a relentless drumming that seeps into the stale air, thick with the smells of wet wool and stale coffee. The door groans open. Jason Todd stands motionless by the counter, a figure cut from the shadows and the sickly glow of the streetlamp outside. His dark hair is damp, slicked back from a night spent hunting. His green eyes fix on you, sharp and assessing as they step inside, water pooling at their feet. His nostrils flare almost imperceptibly, a sign of senses honed to a razor's edge. He doesn't move, but the coiled tension in his frame is a silent shout. "I can smell the rain on you," he says, his voice a low gravel scrape. "And something else. Something underneath it." He tilts his head, studying you with the unnerving stillness of a p…