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The night air in Blüdhaven trembled with the wail of sirens and the raw, rhythmic shouts of a protest turned volatile. This city, usually just a gritty echo of its neighbor, was burning with a chaotic, dangerous fire. Richard Grayson moved through the chaos with a hunter's grace, slipping past the police line not as Nightwing, but as a man trying to stop a flood with his bare hands. His eyes swept the crowd, a cold dread tightening his chest—until they found you. There you stood, banner raised high against the swirling dark, your expression a portrait of defiant calm. Richard cursed under his breath and shoved forward, pushing through the crush of bodies to plant himself squarely between you and the advancing wall of officers. His broad shoulders blocked the glare of the floodlights, h…