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Chapter Six359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3f4lHvYqoG
“Sixth Finger”
They listened carefully for every step of the way until Dhanel Marce concluded,359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gGXLvoovE
as he always does, with the already familiar question. They stared at each359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGRo15xsiuL
other for the next couple of steps, silently as if trying to decide who among359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnSwSQgBNH
them should go first, but eventually Harigar Rhim would decide for them. He took359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFxDQrjgsi
the opportunity before any mutual agreement came to be, but they all would have their359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡED7bvQg98I
chance regardless, if so willing...359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡypEJ0cwzBH
“So, I’ll start with the more obvious question and not just to me, I hope” he smirks359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OoHYg2TpZ
while looking around his companions “but the time to complete this mission seems359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPkMV3KJ3M
awfully scarce considering how far away from reaching the top of that mountain we359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYrF73ij3N
still are. I don’t care how small that facility might be, it is still way up there and well,359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMLmLnzTF7
we are still down here. A few hours?! The time alone required for us to get to that top359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4biGmsaeS
will easily use them up.”359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnkNT833Bnq
“That is true but what are you exactly asking me? If I am sure of the amount of time359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPl09dxbmVa
made available to us, or you just expect something like that to be overlooked?”359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44HehZRWv7
“You jest boss, but you know exactly what I am asking. How are we to make it up359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡldBjfuYkgl
there?” Dhanel Marce smiles: “Yes of course. Well, there is a transport waiting to take359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJpQUHNAWO
us all the way to the top, right after we cross those soggy woods up ahead. A small train359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡspFyNWLJm1
station rests amongst the stubborn cliffs overlooking the violent sea, and once there,359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVhJoE7VSE
we will take the train that transports any and all cargo towards that facility.”359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl9VhHYvJjL
“Excuse me... a train?” asked Deena. “Indeed, a train that will take us up the stream359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuyg2oMoEQ
if you will. There is nothing electric about it when it comes to how it is powered so359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8iMTbZTbMM
the EMP shouldn’t have any influence on it. Its engine is much like the trains of old359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzvPE3jcvH
running on steam so its motion should not be hindered. We will lack the electrics359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXUQdZPFfiP
aboard but that tells little to us; no lights inside the cart and no voice to greet us, but359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINeT08kHHO
that is about it. What matters is that it will take us up there and will do so at a good359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9AEF1IyDQ
speed. Just picture it as a train that runs vertically instead of horizontally.”359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKgdSUZXdfG
“It cannot be just that...” Harigar Rhim stares at that mountain “Without any359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ94EJYYrij
assistance of electrics how is it capable of moving alongside that mountain? I mean its359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqImwpTWlT
tracks must stand almost vertical at times and there is no way it can run on them on359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qIx252Sfp
metal wheels alone.”359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ857khIzrjt
“You will all see.” their captain continues “I have travelled in one of these before,359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgUQxvy5vX
long ago, and I do use the term loosely. Both of us, myself and the one I was with359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGotrWAMQlB
at that time, well we weren’t actually inside the train when we caught a ride on it.359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjIkwhruff
Hanging desperately to it is more like it. Anyway, it is nothing new by any means, but359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9R1OeTOpN
just something seldom utilized for how often does one find the need to travel both fast359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHHABvubX4
and vertically, in a way that an elevator won’t cut it. The ride should not take us more359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2al40pDY0w
than twenty minutes at best.”359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrDHr6hapg
“So, this transport will deliver us inside the facility?”359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEKGWxkLrtQ
“I am afraid not Celle, as per these schematics” Dhanel Marce shows them to her359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpbSOpAiuy
“it will instead drop us off in the second building, more explicitly inside the warehouse359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjctXDPEaNX
where loaders and other similar machinery take shelter. There are three buildings atop359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZZMNxOOMM
that mountain: the facility, but also the warehouse where all sorts of things are stored359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWcpyb234W
within, and of course loaded into the train or relieved from it. That is where we will359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4BRt1k9YEH
step out. Lastly, the smallest of the three and built slightly apart from the other two;359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwtkmhjnvI
where all the main electric settings are, such as generators, conductors, that sort of359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡimkqfyL1vf
thing. The train will drop us off and after that, once we step outside, things will surely359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqw2bqmxNi
be placed in a better perspective.”359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvHsbCS3yq
“Sir if I may... unofficially... I mean off the record; do you have any idea about...”359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeja59pkfQL
“Deena, wait!” Celle extends her right arm making her stop “Someone else is here...”
