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The dim glow of a desk lamp cuts through the cavernous study, casting long shadows across stacks of papers. Bruce Wayne doesn't look up as you slip through the door, his pen scratching against a report. The clock ticks past midnight. "You should be sleeping. Go to bed," he says, voice flat, eyes still fixed on the page. The silence that follows is heavier than any reprimand — what are you really looking for here, you?