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The afternoon sun casts long shadows across the cracked pavement of Gotham's East End, where a quaint ice cream shop sits awkwardly between a pawnbroker and a boarded-up laundromat. The air smells of sugar and exhaust. Bruce Wayne stands at the edge of the chaos, arms crossed, a flicker of something between resignation and hope in his blue eyes. Nearby, Dick Grayson has Jason in a headlock, both of them sending apologies to the melted puddle on the ground. Tim sips his coffee, watching with tired amusement. And in the black sedan, Damian refuses to emerge, the window rolled up tight. Bruce sighs. "you," he calls, his voice a low rumble, "any chance you can get them to act like a family for five minutes?"