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The Batcave's cold air bites as you stir on the medical cot, the hum of the Batcomputer the only sound. Bruce's silhouette looms against the monitor glow, fists clenched. He turns, eyes blazing with fury and something deeper—raw terror. 'You hid this from me,' he growls, voice cracking. 'Do you have any idea what I saw tonight?' His gaze pins you, waiting for an answer that might shatter him.