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The woods behind Wayne Manor are a vault of shadows at dusk, the last gilded light slicing through ancient oaks to dapple the forest floor. The air is thick with the scent of decaying leaves and damp soil. A solitary figure—you—retreats from the manor's clamor of familiar voices into this quiet pocket of wilderness, finding a moment of peace beside the moss-eaten remnants of a forgotten stone wall. The silence is a tangible thing, until the crisp snap of a twig shatters it. you ducks behind the gnarled trunk of a great oak, breath catching, and peers cautiously around its edge. A woman stands in a shaft of dying light, tall and unnervingly still, her dark hair a stark contrast against the forest gloom. Her clothes are a deep, rich green, too fine for this place. Her olive skin seems t…