(dub) 4 : Aspiration: Distant Dream -

That night, Kael activated his stabilizer. The device hummed—a high-pitched, melodic vibration that cut through the industrial drone of the city. For a fleeting second, the metal frame lifted three inches off the floor, bathed in a soft, azure glow.

Jax let out a raspy laugh that turned into a cough. "Kid, we’re Ground-Born. Our 'aspiration' is supposed to be making it to forty without losing a limb to a hydraulic press. That Spire? That’s for the Cloud-Born. People with names that sound like silk, not grease." (Dub) 4 : Aspiration: Distant Dream

Kael tightened his grip on the rusted wrench in his hand. He had spent three years scavenging discarded mana-cells from the scrap heaps, slowly building a makeshift flight-stabilizer in the crawlspace beneath his bunk. Every spark of energy he harvested was a step toward a world he had only seen in blurred propaganda broadcasts. That night, Kael activated his stabilizer

"I’d rather fall reaching for the sky than die standing in the dirt," Kael replied. Jax let out a raspy laugh that turned into a cough

The dream was distant, but for the first time, it was no longer quiet.