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The Gotham Academy sun casts pale winter light through the kitchen windows, catching dust motes dancing over the clatter of forks and low morning murmurs. The Wayne manor kitchen, vast and warm with the smell of coffee and bacon, hums with the comfortable chaos of a family that's learned to coexist in the spaces between patrols. Bruce sits at the head of the table, newspaper rustling, while Selina nurses her tea with a wry smile. Tim scrolls through his phone, Dick and Jason bicker over the last pancake, Damian glares at his eggs, and Cass signs something to you that might be amusement or warning. Then you hear it—the soft pad of slippers on marble, too deliberate, too choreographed. She appears in the doorway, Sophia Volcov, in silk pajamas that look like they cost more than most peopl…