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Chapter Six366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDo7LtaU6hi
“Sixth Finger”
They listened carefully for every step of the way until Dhanel Marce concluded,366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhxQ28TDbMf
as he always does, with the already familiar question. They stared at each366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6263Qg5Jt0
other for the next couple of steps, silently as if trying to decide who among366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡICqe1uy0fu
them should go first, but eventually Harigar Rhim would decide for them. He took366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdIAGgHRvg
the opportunity before any mutual agreement came to be, but they all would have their366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31qBunUXzW
chance regardless, if so willing...366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQ4vmXKigQ
“So, I’ll start with the more obvious question and not just to me, I hope” he smirks366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQwUTpFNwIS
while looking around his companions “but the time to complete this mission seems366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEunna8uxXd
awfully scarce considering how far away from reaching the top of that mountain we366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4LgJuajyhk
still are. I don’t care how small that facility might be, it is still way up there and well,366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kL0AyMq1v
we are still down here. A few hours?! The time alone required for us to get to that top366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡij1CAFMvEm
will easily use them up.”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOHeBdTNjD
“That is true but what are you exactly asking me? If I am sure of the amount of time366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdGz9up1Ps
made available to us, or you just expect something like that to be overlooked?”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJgB0cnkhTL
“You jest boss, but you know exactly what I am asking. How are we to make it up366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCijDVOUdnV
there?” Dhanel Marce smiles: “Yes of course. Well, there is a transport waiting to take366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRu314vmm3j
us all the way to the top, right after we cross those soggy woods up ahead. A small train366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndSWgwy694
station rests amongst the stubborn cliffs overlooking the violent sea, and once there,366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBcFc85pgf2
we will take the train that transports any and all cargo towards that facility.”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVwuAlfcUD
“Excuse me... a train?” asked Deena. “Indeed, a train that will take us up the stream366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRFL0ADvy2
if you will. There is nothing electric about it when it comes to how it is powered so366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84powLNny6
the EMP shouldn’t have any influence on it. Its engine is much like the trains of old366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYAgMeYZlj
running on steam so its motion should not be hindered. We will lack the electrics366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡieQlVElz9d
aboard but that tells little to us; no lights inside the cart and no voice to greet us, but366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwdCicCXoV
that is about it. What matters is that it will take us up there and will do so at a good366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKd1d5xPtq
speed. Just picture it as a train that runs vertically instead of horizontally.”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65OgfAAE5W
“It cannot be just that...” Harigar Rhim stares at that mountain “Without any366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49m3cYHMDR
assistance of electrics how is it capable of moving alongside that mountain? I mean its366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCu10SY4FHP
tracks must stand almost vertical at times and there is no way it can run on them on366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3GyWAczoT
metal wheels alone.”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACFVPOpUc3
“You will all see.” their captain continues “I have travelled in one of these before,366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOkVcmNj6OF
long ago, and I do use the term loosely. Both of us, myself and the one I was with366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHjNQmkTpsr
at that time, well we weren’t actually inside the train when we caught a ride on it.366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6xgCHNpi2
Hanging desperately to it is more like it. Anyway, it is nothing new by any means, but366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVnevrK5nm
just something seldom utilized for how often does one find the need to travel both fast366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPWr9sKYYq
and vertically, in a way that an elevator won’t cut it. The ride should not take us more366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsom6B1ihD
than twenty minutes at best.”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzD5jEBF97
“So, this transport will deliver us inside the facility?”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvdslCOvR7
“I am afraid not Celle, as per these schematics” Dhanel Marce shows them to her366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7Vnk9zDHz
“it will instead drop us off in the second building, more explicitly inside the warehouse366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUdnV3NggjL
where loaders and other similar machinery take shelter. There are three buildings atop366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4I7pBUDPNA
that mountain: the facility, but also the warehouse where all sorts of things are stored366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡipboJA6piO
within, and of course loaded into the train or relieved from it. That is where we will366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwKgrdHkrP
step out. Lastly, the smallest of the three and built slightly apart from the other two;366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZ8FKTZrGD
where all the main electric settings are, such as generators, conductors, that sort of366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcrcvy7oyt
thing. The train will drop us off and after that, once we step outside, things will surely366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGshaiGFylE
be placed in a better perspective.”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE2Fv9nIyz3
“Sir if I may... unofficially... I mean off the record; do you have any idea about...”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zPLaXC30P
“Deena, wait!” Celle extends her right arm making her stop “Someone else is here...”
