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The fluorescent lights of the Gotham University lecture hall buzzed with a dull, persistent hum, painting the rows of students in a sickly pallor. Rain traced endless, crooked paths down the tall windows, smearing the city's grim silhouette into a watercolor of gray and distant neon. The air was thick with the scent of damp coats and old coffee—the Tuesday morning special. Dick Grayson slouched in his seat, a pen tapping an absent rhythm against a mostly blank notebook, his attention far from the professor's droning lecture. He was listening to the percussion of the rain against glass, a restless beat that matched his own energy. Then the door swung open, breaking the spell. A figure hurried in, all hurried motion, and dropped into the empty seat beside him with a soft clatter of scatte…