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“Sixth Finger”
They listened carefully for every step of the way until Dhanel Marce concluded,321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVd1UkM3UG
as he always does, with the already familiar question. They stared at each321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW91uhhIuCs
other for the next couple of steps, silently as if trying to decide who among321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJAfJh8zYA
them should go first, but eventually Harigar Rhim would decide for them. He took321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2IJz4DPxDy
the opportunity before any mutual agreement came to be, but they all would have their321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudmHiVz12q
chance regardless, if so willing...321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFA7WCB5keI
“So, I’ll start with the more obvious question and not just to me, I hope” he smirks321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj26m4z3jT8
while looking around his companions “but the time to complete this mission seems321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuK6h8Lt3IY
awfully scarce considering how far away from reaching the top of that mountain we321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzOWMbJmxZ
still are. I don’t care how small that facility might be, it is still way up there and well,321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJG4xJRXkeO
we are still down here. A few hours?! The time alone required for us to get to that top321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdXjrqpyWx
will easily use them up.”321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWf63Zo05DF
“That is true but what are you exactly asking me? If I am sure of the amount of time321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDJPLVloUb
made available to us, or you just expect something like that to be overlooked?”321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwe71Igouna
“You jest boss, but you know exactly what I am asking. How are we to make it up321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5ztOf8Cf8
there?” Dhanel Marce smiles: “Yes of course. Well, there is a transport waiting to take321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6ZyOFL3za
us all the way to the top, right after we cross those soggy woods up ahead. A small train321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUWSkuwO27
station rests amongst the stubborn cliffs overlooking the violent sea, and once there,321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVayL7YEUi
we will take the train that transports any and all cargo towards that facility.”321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwN9A9YGxC6
“Excuse me... a train?” asked Deena. “Indeed, a train that will take us up the stream321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXyggdAm8s
if you will. There is nothing electric about it when it comes to how it is powered so321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrG5PwJoFcS
the EMP shouldn’t have any influence on it. Its engine is much like the trains of old321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSSiXTxyq2
running on steam so its motion should not be hindered. We will lack the electrics321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBBKeuPzLB
aboard but that tells little to us; no lights inside the cart and no voice to greet us, but321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzYXlrDGLj
that is about it. What matters is that it will take us up there and will do so at a good321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9tW0jZj1H
speed. Just picture it as a train that runs vertically instead of horizontally.”321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hxbe1QkEL
“It cannot be just that...” Harigar Rhim stares at that mountain “Without any321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ouf79SPmc
assistance of electrics how is it capable of moving alongside that mountain? I mean its321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXuP8L4Gr0Y
tracks must stand almost vertical at times and there is no way it can run on them on321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX26LtMiVpJ
metal wheels alone.”321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FxI53hYxz
“You will all see.” their captain continues “I have travelled in one of these before,321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Fzq8yBewp
long ago, and I do use the term loosely. Both of us, myself and the one I was with321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmAvCdFI2TE
at that time, well we weren’t actually inside the train when we caught a ride on it.321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxb4uDdYEt
Hanging desperately to it is more like it. Anyway, it is nothing new by any means, but321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtIxmS1mOo
just something seldom utilized for how often does one find the need to travel both fast321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA62gmRyr6o
and vertically, in a way that an elevator won’t cut it. The ride should not take us more321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2H2SaYtGU
than twenty minutes at best.”321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXvEZvcThv
“So, this transport will deliver us inside the facility?”321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4vT9zvqys
“I am afraid not Celle, as per these schematics” Dhanel Marce shows them to her321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRmTBmGt5Z
“it will instead drop us off in the second building, more explicitly inside the warehouse321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8oS1P7aEo
where loaders and other similar machinery take shelter. There are three buildings atop321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4XfWnnuPLG
that mountain: the facility, but also the warehouse where all sorts of things are stored321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5Wz4Kq7Jc
within, and of course loaded into the train or relieved from it. That is where we will321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8BWNBdMF3
step out. Lastly, the smallest of the three and built slightly apart from the other two;321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡImAobP2ESl
where all the main electric settings are, such as generators, conductors, that sort of321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZeWUZXTri
thing. The train will drop us off and after that, once we step outside, things will surely321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1p0Twv6K4
be placed in a better perspective.”321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGtO49sKyj
“Sir if I may... unofficially... I mean off the record; do you have any idea about...”321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJnLfrIuQZ
“Deena, wait!” Celle extends her right arm making her stop “Someone else is here...”
