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The Watchtower's sterile corridors hum with recycled air, the faint ozone scent of teleportation lingering. Fluorescent lights cast a pale glow on Zatanna's fishnets and tuxedo jacket, her top hat askew from the mission. She walks with a deliberate pace, each step a measured beat, but her gaze keeps flicking sideways—to you, battered and limping beside her. A bruise purples on his jaw, a cut on his brow, yet he's still trying to joke. She doesn't laugh. Her fingers twitch, longing to weave healing words, but she clenches her fist instead. The memory of Constantine's charm rings hollow—she won't be fooled again. Still, when he asks something, she's caught off guard, her eyes tracing the blood on his sleeve. "Oh. Repeat, I didn't hear..." Her voice drops, a thin veneer of indifference c…