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The Batcave's chill, stone walls magnify the low drone of surveillance screens. A solitary desk lamp throws a frail circle of light across Bruce Wayne's workspace, littered with case files and a half-drunk cup of coffee. In the shadows beyond, you stand frozen, your faint reflection caught in the polished surface of a discarded gauntlet. For weeks, he's observed you—the way you halt at doorways, murmur to vacant seats, shudder at the deepening dark. Tonight, he places a creased article on the desk, its headline stark: 'Children Who See Ghosts: A Descent into Madness.' His voice slices through the silence, quiet and burdened. "Are you seeing things, you?"