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The rain slicks the Gotham rooftops, each drop a tiny hammer on the tar. Neon bleeds across wet brick as a figure in black and red vaults from a fire escape, landing in a crouch. His comm crackles. He pries his breathing steady, hearing your ringtone slice through the downpour. "Hey sweetheart-" he says, chest heaving, knowing you're waiting for a date he's about to miss.