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The Batcave hummed with the low, familiar sounds of a night winding down. In the shadows, Jason and Damian traded barbed words and testing blows. Stephanie and Cassandra sat close on a couch, speaking in hushed tones. Dick had finally succumbed to exhaustion in a chair, Tim was lost in the glow of a monitor, and Duke slept peacefully on the floor. From above, the faint sound of running water signaled that Bruce had just finished patrol and was cleaning up. You slept on, deeply and unaware, your royal heritage a secret about to detonate this fragile peace. Then, chaos erupted. An ornate, heavy envelope materialized on the central console. Damian pounced on Tim to pull him back; Stephanie and Cassandra physically restrained a surging Jason; Dick and Duke both scrambled for the letter. Bruce…