3. Grain & Dust (Full spoken‑word + short instrumental — ~2:12) Instrumental prompt: Sparse warm acoustic guitar background, soft wind‑in‑grass texture, slow gentle pace; no loud peaks. Spoken‑word script (full): “I remember those long summer afternoons — red dust sticking to everything, heat hanging thick in the air. Back down south first, then travelling north, seeing the country change: more trees, wider skies, bigger storms rolling in off the coast. Some days it felt like the whole land was breathing, slow and deep. Some days it felt like I was just a small grain, blowing wherever the wind decided to take me. I didn’t know then where the road would lead — only that it kept going forward, one hot day at a time.” [Instrumental fades slowly to end]
