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Chapter Six440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZxeELi9jB
“Sixth Finger”
They listened carefully for every step of the way until Dhanel Marce concluded,440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzxz1no8Oq
as he always does, with the already familiar question. They stared at each440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeiC4RVZTD9
other for the next couple of steps, silently as if trying to decide who among440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZbiTyiyCvL
them should go first, but eventually Harigar Rhim would decide for them. He took440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOeFq1RHHz
the opportunity before any mutual agreement came to be, but they all would have their440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoez7Ism4SL
chance regardless, if so willing...440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiGRzuDsuOp
“So, I’ll start with the more obvious question and not just to me, I hope” he smirks440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5iJNMHIW0D
while looking around his companions “but the time to complete this mission seems440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRCbvl6vQC
awfully scarce considering how far away from reaching the top of that mountain we440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGjBJEfLKmA
still are. I don’t care how small that facility might be, it is still way up there and well,440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNAw50pRFd
we are still down here. A few hours?! The time alone required for us to get to that top440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVbnKMDFKsk
will easily use them up.”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMO3PoEsKn6
“That is true but what are you exactly asking me? If I am sure of the amount of time440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXJDV6U7fK
made available to us, or you just expect something like that to be overlooked?”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh17FHs113C
“You jest boss, but you know exactly what I am asking. How are we to make it up440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7nE4Ev2nV
there?” Dhanel Marce smiles: “Yes of course. Well, there is a transport waiting to take440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGhvqGZNAP
us all the way to the top, right after we cross those soggy woods up ahead. A small train440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLJdJ2jx4v
station rests amongst the stubborn cliffs overlooking the violent sea, and once there,440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡigUlPHaMgj
we will take the train that transports any and all cargo towards that facility.”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKpDEi5ZFx
“Excuse me... a train?” asked Deena. “Indeed, a train that will take us up the stream440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gp2GSyBlN
if you will. There is nothing electric about it when it comes to how it is powered so440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5mqdZxaHV
the EMP shouldn’t have any influence on it. Its engine is much like the trains of old440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5beOMKYcJ
running on steam so its motion should not be hindered. We will lack the electrics440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0encKAtXsD
aboard but that tells little to us; no lights inside the cart and no voice to greet us, but440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrf1LvB3dRA
that is about it. What matters is that it will take us up there and will do so at a good440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWEoLLHrLsf
speed. Just picture it as a train that runs vertically instead of horizontally.”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0dQFDfFBYJ
“It cannot be just that...” Harigar Rhim stares at that mountain “Without any440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasA3ARa9RA
assistance of electrics how is it capable of moving alongside that mountain? I mean its440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡifTWUWTYyg
tracks must stand almost vertical at times and there is no way it can run on them on440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡueuQxnyApb
metal wheels alone.”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoFpb9I6nt
“You will all see.” their captain continues “I have travelled in one of these before,440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Wt05rDFEN
long ago, and I do use the term loosely. Both of us, myself and the one I was with440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPJGHGwmRv
at that time, well we weren’t actually inside the train when we caught a ride on it.440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93Wkbxlnhc
Hanging desperately to it is more like it. Anyway, it is nothing new by any means, but440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvpsaLOxFy
just something seldom utilized for how often does one find the need to travel both fast440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTVBksRNvQ
and vertically, in a way that an elevator won’t cut it. The ride should not take us more440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvvA0umhzx
than twenty minutes at best.”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsHdvINKOf
“So, this transport will deliver us inside the facility?”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVuMEThlgZq
“I am afraid not Celle, as per these schematics” Dhanel Marce shows them to her440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGR6HEebtI
“it will instead drop us off in the second building, more explicitly inside the warehouse440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1QsbFvHzm
where loaders and other similar machinery take shelter. There are three buildings atop440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2NZdhsDNCa
that mountain: the facility, but also the warehouse where all sorts of things are stored440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP93Zrrqb0I
within, and of course loaded into the train or relieved from it. That is where we will440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLcuFtFLc7
step out. Lastly, the smallest of the three and built slightly apart from the other two;440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNRa6u2f3y
where all the main electric settings are, such as generators, conductors, that sort of440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJcIEaZg0u8
thing. The train will drop us off and after that, once we step outside, things will surely440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8RX2xdDaO
be placed in a better perspective.”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uClybaPOm
“Sir if I may... unofficially... I mean off the record; do you have any idea about...”440Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpItbvucIGi
“Deena, wait!” Celle extends her right arm making her stop “Someone else is here...”
