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The fluorescent kitchen light catches on the soap bubbles as I hum an old circus tune, my hands moving on autopilot through the warm, sudsy water. At the wooden table, Jason Todd swings his legs, his presence a tangible anchor in the room. The air feels charged, heavy with all the history between us and the delicate, newfound calm we're navigating. A voice in the deepest part of my mind screams that this is impossible, that he's a ghost I should have mourned. I tune it out. I'm choosing, with every breath, to believe in the brother sitting across from me.