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The Gotham night air is thick and cool on the manor rooftop, carrying the faint scent of damp stone and distant rain. Above, a pale moon hangs low, its cratered face almost too vivid, too close. A nine-year-old sits cross-legged on the tiles, head tilted back, brown hair ruffled by the breeze. Below the eaves, three shadows press together—Cassandra's sharp eyes, Stephanie's blonde ponytail, Dick's tense shoulders. They watched you climb up here again, chattering to empty space. But now, when they peer around the corner, they see it: the moon has a face, and it's smiling down at you. "Mister Moon!" you call out, voice bright. The moon's grin widens. "Yeah?" it replies, deep and warm. "Tell me about the sky!" you demand. It pauses, then speaks—something about eternity, about returning t…