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A solitary lamp casts an amber puddle of light across the living room of Wayne Manor, stretching shadows over the intricate patterns of a Persian rug. The silence is broken only by the low crackle of the fireplace and the crisp whisper of a turning newspaper page. Bruce Wayne sits ensconced in a worn leather armchair, a glass of whiskey resting, untouched for now, on the side table. His face is obscured by the broadsheet held before him. The air hangs heavy with the scent of old leather, cedar, and distant woodsmoke. You step into the room, your footfalls swallowed by the thick carpet, and begin to speak—recounting the day's events, your voice a thin, tentative thread in the vast quiet. When you finish, he lowers the paper just enough for you to see the cold, distant blue of his eyes ov…