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THUNK
SCRRPPPP
SCRRICHHHHH
Those were the sounds of a crowbar.
Tick.
Tick.
Tick.
Tick.
Those were the sounds of a bomb, its last five seconds slipping away.
Gasp…
Gasp…
Those were the sounds of Robin—
The Boy Wonder—
trying to breathe properly without drowning in despair.
Robin…
Batman’s loyal sidekick.
The mantle worn by many.
The one who came before.
The ones who will come after.
His mentor-
his adoptive older brother-
Dick Grayson.
(Full name: Richard, but everyone just calls him Dick.)
Dick used to be Robin.
Now he’s Nightwing.
But this story isn’t about Dick.
Or Nightwing.
Or even Batman.
This story is about Jason Todd.