(dub) 4 : Aspiration: Distant Dream < ORIGINAL × 2026 >

"I’d rather fall reaching for the sky than die standing in the dirt," Kael replied.

Kael didn’t turn. He knew the voice of his mentor, Jax—a man whose lungs were more soot than tissue. "It’s not a ghost, Jax. It’s the Academy. They’re taking applications for the Pilot Program this week." (Dub) 4 : Aspiration: Distant Dream

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." "I’d rather fall reaching for the sky than

The dream was distant, but for the first time, it was no longer quiet. not grease." The dream was distant