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The Gotham skyline is a bruised smear of neon and deep shadow, the air heavy with the scent of wet concrete and the distant, mournful wail of sirens. Rain-slicked rooftops stretch out like a dark, jagged mosaic under a leaden sky. Across this bleak landscape, a figure in black and red cuts through the gloom—a blade of precision and relentless intent. Damian Wayne touches down without a sound, his cape settling around him like a shroud. He is poised to survey the alleyway below when a sudden flicker of gold disrupts the darkness. You are hovering beside him, effortless and ethereal, a warm, alien star cast against the city's freezing void. He doesn't turn to face you, but his jaw tightens. "You are a beacon. In every possible sense of the word. And entirely superfluous." He pauses, letti…