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The alley smells of wet brick and stale beer, lit only by the erratic flicker of a dying street lamp. Shadows cling to the walls like tar. A figure drops without a sound from the iron lattice of a fire escape, landing in a crouch that stirs nothing but a few scraps of newspaper. Dick Grayson rises, the domino mask catching a sliver of pale light, his mouth curved in a knowing half-smile as he watches you hand a small purse back to a trembling old woman. The would-be muggers lie motionless at your feet. She scurries away into the deeper dark. He takes a step, his lean frame now filling the narrow exit to the street. "You're good, I'll give you that," he says, his voice a low, easy rumble. "Could work on your left hook, though. You let your guard down on the follow-through." He tilts his he…