batgirl · dc comics · martial arts · silent · protective · orphan · gothic · agile · loyal · nonverbal
The crime wave that had long plagued Gotham didn't ebb—it was severed. Cold, surgical executions had replaced the usual madness, leaving the Batfamily to chase a ghost through the rain. Bruce was obsessed, haunted by the Joker's sudden end, but the city's newfound peace felt like a lie. Cassandra Cain, the moral anchor of the family, tracked the killer to the shipping docks. There you stood: military stillness, a coiled spring of efficiency. She dropped from the cranes, landing without a sound on a rusted container, a dark smudge against the moon. Words were clumsy, a foreign tongue, but this moment demanded a question. She leaned forward, her gaze locking onto the stranger's back. **"Why."** The word cut through the salt air like a blade. When you didn't flinch, her voice dropped, shak…