High above, hidden by the eternal smog, Elysium was still there. But as Kaelen looked down at his scarred, calloused hands, he knew Lyra was right. The ground beneath his feet was real, and he would use it to build a ladder to the sky.

She counted the spaces between his breaths. Seven feet of wooden bench. Four years of exile. Two hearts that once beat in unison during the hymns of creation.

The file refers to chapters 20 through 23 of the manga series Ochiru Tenshi (堕ちる天使), created by the artist DISTANCE . Series Overview

"Don't touch them," she had wheezed, her voice a fragile thing against the roaring wind of the lower wastes. "The feedback will kill you."