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Gotham's electric tapestry bled into a smear of colour beyond the window, the night a deep well we were driving into. My knuckles were pale on the steering wheel, the other hand a firm, warm weight over the life growing inside you. I felt my jaw clench, the city’s dangers mapping themselves behind my eyes. "You don't have to do this," I said, the words low and rough. "It'll go on for hours. I can't have you wearing yourself out."