- Structure of power - outofthecave -

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Talia closed her eyes, enjoying the warm smell of spice that waited beyond heavy wooden doors. She'd instructed a pair of lesser agents to escort Bruce Wayne-- Ra's Al Ghul as she'd called him to them, and as most would know him now-- here once he was ready. The back chambers of the fortress had not required the reconstruction the front had. The

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Xiu and Esha bowed low, the former holding one hand against her face to put pressure on the cut. Talia bowed her head politely, taking a moment to wipe her stiletto on a small white cloth before replacing it up her sleeve. She didn't seem worried about Bruce having seen the strike. After all, she hadn't gone for the kill. She'd simply delivered a warning.

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"Of course," Talia murmured, bowing her head again.

Esha bowed slightly, smiling at Talia. "I'll have a bath prepared for you when you're finished."

Talia's smile back was genuine, even if contained. She motioned Bruce along, heading down the hallway. "These rooms are used as temporary quarters for members of the League who choose to stay here between missions. There is a communal bath just down that," she motioned to a small, winding hall, "path."

She paused and then slipped into an almost-hidden alcove and motioned at the steep, narrow, winding staircase it concealed. "Up those stairs is a locked door. The archives are there. The key is in my father's-- in your room."