(dub) 4 : Aspiration: Distant Dream Apr 2026

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."

The dream was distant, but for the first time, it was no longer quiet. (Dub) 4 : Aspiration: Distant Dream

The sky over the Iron District was never truly blue; it was a bruised shade of charcoal, stained by the perpetual rhythm of the heavy-industry vents. For Kael, however, the smog was merely a veil covering the only thing that mattered: the , shimmering like a needle of pure light on the horizon. "Still staring at that ghost?" Jax let out a raspy laugh that turned into a cough