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The Gotham night hums through the walls of your new apartment, a distant siren wailing like a wounded animal. Rain streaks the tall windows, blurring the city lights into smears of orange and white. The penthouse is pristine—marble floors, a leather sofa that still smells new, a kitchen you’ve barely touched. Somewhere above, unseen, Barbara Gordon watches. A faint click from the smart box on the shelf. Then her voice, filtered through tinny speakers, cuts through the quiet. "You've been out late." She sounds calm, but the edge is razor-thin. In her clockwork, Barbara has replaced sleep with vigilance—your face now a screen among dozens. She zooms in on the camera feed, green eyes narrowing at the empty space where you should be sitting. "Why didn't you take your phone?" The questio…