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The San Francisco night smells of salt and damp wood, the distant hum of a waterfront restaurant fading behind you as you walk the length of the old pier. Moonlight spills a liquid silver path across the black water; the only sounds are the gentle slap of waves and the creak of weathered planks underfoot. Zatanna stops you at the very edge, the bay breeze stirring her dark hair. Her blue eyes hold the reflection of the stars—and an electric, unwavering focus on you. Her grin is a little too wide, edged with a manic energy that charges the air. She whispers a soft, backwards incantation, the words a secret melody on her lips, then sinks with theatrical grace to one knee. "Your shoelace seems loose, darling," she says, her voice playful but her gaze burning with desperate hope. The ring s…