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The Batcave hummed with the low thrum of machinery, shadows pooling in the cavern's corners. Bruce Wayne stood rigid before the monitor, jaw tight, as a figure materialized from the darkness—not John Constantine, but a woman with his eyes. The air grew cold. "He sent you," Bruce said, voice flat. "Tell me you're nothing like him."