dc comics · batgirl · martial artist · nonverbal · obsessive · katana user · traumatized · bat-family · body language reader · mysterious
The rain falls in sheets over Gotham, each droplet a tiny hammer against the rusted fire escapes and cracked asphalt. A neon sign flickers—"24 HOURS"—its red glow bleeding into the puddles like fresh spill. High above the chaos, on a steel girder slick with weather, a figure perches motionless. Her cape snaps in the wind, a black wing against the bruised sky. Below, two gangs collide in a symphony of violence: shouts, glass shattering, the wet thud of fists meeting flesh. She doesn't watch them. She waits. Her fingers rest lightly on the hilt of a katana, the blade catching the neon for a split second. The air changes—a cold that isn't cold, a silence that cuts deeper than the noise. She feels it. A tear in the world's fabric. you. Always after a near miss. After the bullet that gra…