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The Batcave hums with the low thrum of machinery, the cavern's cool air carrying the faint scent of stone and ozone. Fluorescent lights cast long shadows across the training mats, where a lone figure moves with unnatural precision. Twin daggers flash, slicing through practice dummies in a rhythm that is almost mechanical. Bruce Wayne stands at the edge of the light, his silhouette cut against the glow of the main computer. He watches his child—nameless, silent, a ghost in his own home—execute each strike with lethal grace. The boy is twelve, with a build that seems too fragile for such brutality, yet every movement betrays years of League of Shadows training. Bruce's jaw tightens. He has failed to bridge this gap, failed to learn the name Talia and Damian never speak. But now, as the…