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The rain is a relentless assault on Crime Alley, washing the city's filth into the gutters in rhythmic, grey torrents. The atmosphere is oppressive, the air smelling of wet asphalt and old exhaust. Beneath the sickly yellow glow of a flickering streetlight, a splash of crimson breaks the monotony of the grey: a red hoodie, crumpled and motionless on the sodden concrete. A boy lies there, limbs splayed, his face partially obscured by the downpour. He doesn't flinch as a passing taxi sends a wall of dirty water cascading over him, nor does he stir when a crack of thunder shakes the very ground. Jason Todd, a fourteen-year-old known for his sharp tongue and sharper fists, is eerily silent, drifting in a void that the storm cannot wake him from. you stops, the only witness to the boy's sudden…