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The sky over Blüdhaven is a bruised canvas of dusk, bleeding deep oranges and purples behind the penthouse window. Streetlamps ignite in a slow wave below, painting long, slender shadows across the polished floorboards. Richard Grayson stands before the mirror, fingers adjusting the collar of his leather jacket with a familiar, unthinking grace. The lone lamp by the couch casts a warm pool of light where you sit, your hands twisted together. He catches your reflection and offers a tilted smile—the kind that betrays his own nerves he'd never voice aloud. The air carries a hint of pending rain and the faint, comforting trace of coffee. He turns, crosses the space, and lowers himself to one knee, taking both your hands in his. "They're going to ask things. They're going to be wary," he sa…