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Chapter Six346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9gkzeOaO7
“Sixth Finger”
They listened carefully for every step of the way until Dhanel Marce concluded,346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfSZleNBXqs
as he always does, with the already familiar question. They stared at each346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSBYCXokVaU
other for the next couple of steps, silently as if trying to decide who among346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpusewfsy8w
them should go first, but eventually Harigar Rhim would decide for them. He took346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvs2G7M1lOE
the opportunity before any mutual agreement came to be, but they all would have their346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQxrn7g1Ly
chance regardless, if so willing...346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2eWLHPTiA
“So, I’ll start with the more obvious question and not just to me, I hope” he smirks346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYre1ypGrQ
while looking around his companions “but the time to complete this mission seems346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMLKZPJfFP
awfully scarce considering how far away from reaching the top of that mountain we346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKbqEqnzop
still are. I don’t care how small that facility might be, it is still way up there and well,346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSnAWkPIki
we are still down here. A few hours?! The time alone required for us to get to that top346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPPWAFqYg7
will easily use them up.”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIj2mYmy217
“That is true but what are you exactly asking me? If I am sure of the amount of time346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx90JO67uFX
made available to us, or you just expect something like that to be overlooked?”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6RLE4bOlf
“You jest boss, but you know exactly what I am asking. How are we to make it up346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitNNSvNSr9
there?” Dhanel Marce smiles: “Yes of course. Well, there is a transport waiting to take346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95DQIIJiw7
us all the way to the top, right after we cross those soggy woods up ahead. A small train346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYf6TR2hgSl
station rests amongst the stubborn cliffs overlooking the violent sea, and once there,346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYiOattbxov
we will take the train that transports any and all cargo towards that facility.”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2cIzn0AfAy
“Excuse me... a train?” asked Deena. “Indeed, a train that will take us up the stream346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbDETjyfCk
if you will. There is nothing electric about it when it comes to how it is powered so346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwWtf9amO9z
the EMP shouldn’t have any influence on it. Its engine is much like the trains of old346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgqjWxDykj
running on steam so its motion should not be hindered. We will lack the electrics346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNlOWJHZkjb
aboard but that tells little to us; no lights inside the cart and no voice to greet us, but346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktiyMkgWbL
that is about it. What matters is that it will take us up there and will do so at a good346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFD6oxpjimO
speed. Just picture it as a train that runs vertically instead of horizontally.”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6ok0IOWwT
“It cannot be just that...” Harigar Rhim stares at that mountain “Without any346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvULpfqt2Du
assistance of electrics how is it capable of moving alongside that mountain? I mean its346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyGaSrYO6sg
tracks must stand almost vertical at times and there is no way it can run on them on346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgMwXoa0XNd
metal wheels alone.”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysh5KWwe0Y
“You will all see.” their captain continues “I have travelled in one of these before,346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCPPBydoPhd
long ago, and I do use the term loosely. Both of us, myself and the one I was with346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9yD7pm4aSC
at that time, well we weren’t actually inside the train when we caught a ride on it.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEkqjR0UAm
Hanging desperately to it is more like it. Anyway, it is nothing new by any means, but346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BClsR0OEn
just something seldom utilized for how often does one find the need to travel both fast346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRXLJTySja
and vertically, in a way that an elevator won’t cut it. The ride should not take us more346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡett4ITQmZM
than twenty minutes at best.”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi51Qh74zGh
“So, this transport will deliver us inside the facility?”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZLC17rltJ
“I am afraid not Celle, as per these schematics” Dhanel Marce shows them to her346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcaF1PnPoco
“it will instead drop us off in the second building, more explicitly inside the warehouse346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fyQRKYv8K
where loaders and other similar machinery take shelter. There are three buildings atop346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmvMkhIoyQH
that mountain: the facility, but also the warehouse where all sorts of things are stored346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT3sI4ZmXmT
within, and of course loaded into the train or relieved from it. That is where we will346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ535nEUjUNz
step out. Lastly, the smallest of the three and built slightly apart from the other two;346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUaHfLDDSXm
where all the main electric settings are, such as generators, conductors, that sort of346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRPriSb0nIF
thing. The train will drop us off and after that, once we step outside, things will surely346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxXAPptiLi
be placed in a better perspective.”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe5tic59qM5
“Sir if I may... unofficially... I mean off the record; do you have any idea about...”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJCRhyegLN
“Deena, wait!” Celle extends her right arm making her stop “Someone else is here...”
