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Chapter Six365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8jQVuQQ3P
“Sixth Finger”
They listened carefully for every step of the way until Dhanel Marce concluded,365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7x350WPxP
as he always does, with the already familiar question. They stared at each365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRD4XB82CIM
other for the next couple of steps, silently as if trying to decide who among365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJE52XBgvjW
them should go first, but eventually Harigar Rhim would decide for them. He took365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZFN6ZsSzo
the opportunity before any mutual agreement came to be, but they all would have their365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjriqhUVnBG
chance regardless, if so willing...365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNuRz3f2aBo
“So, I’ll start with the more obvious question and not just to me, I hope” he smirks365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cPqQTD6c1
while looking around his companions “but the time to complete this mission seems365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPucGHQ2PV
awfully scarce considering how far away from reaching the top of that mountain we365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx5I9BMpxJC
still are. I don’t care how small that facility might be, it is still way up there and well,365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28wdbqPXQt
we are still down here. A few hours?! The time alone required for us to get to that top365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX1arbg3unu
will easily use them up.”365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYVFS7DPQ6
“That is true but what are you exactly asking me? If I am sure of the amount of time365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4VaqAmsxJP
made available to us, or you just expect something like that to be overlooked?”365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9cq4I29OD5
“You jest boss, but you know exactly what I am asking. How are we to make it up365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡydzgR9Ld0t
there?” Dhanel Marce smiles: “Yes of course. Well, there is a transport waiting to take365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZWuoezOAt
us all the way to the top, right after we cross those soggy woods up ahead. A small train365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80CuMAIJvd
station rests amongst the stubborn cliffs overlooking the violent sea, and once there,365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9AlDiwz1e6
we will take the train that transports any and all cargo towards that facility.”365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZLdrfJ90Ad
“Excuse me... a train?” asked Deena. “Indeed, a train that will take us up the stream365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZHhP8oqu6
if you will. There is nothing electric about it when it comes to how it is powered so365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWXJKUp3ea
the EMP shouldn’t have any influence on it. Its engine is much like the trains of old365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRlOeWQCptD
running on steam so its motion should not be hindered. We will lack the electrics365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSb1pGnqGW5
aboard but that tells little to us; no lights inside the cart and no voice to greet us, but365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVKyDsMCuf
that is about it. What matters is that it will take us up there and will do so at a good365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecEKUVkbyi
speed. Just picture it as a train that runs vertically instead of horizontally.”365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmfzwdWWMQ
“It cannot be just that...” Harigar Rhim stares at that mountain “Without any365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo3xj8il2vt
assistance of electrics how is it capable of moving alongside that mountain? I mean its365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuW2ctIno0r
tracks must stand almost vertical at times and there is no way it can run on them on365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSev0TRStN
metal wheels alone.”365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZmVtysQpO
“You will all see.” their captain continues “I have travelled in one of these before,365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgJT9yryFb
long ago, and I do use the term loosely. Both of us, myself and the one I was with365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyYygzRESZ
at that time, well we weren’t actually inside the train when we caught a ride on it.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqxd8Garxu
Hanging desperately to it is more like it. Anyway, it is nothing new by any means, but365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxlDCNy1B4I
just something seldom utilized for how often does one find the need to travel both fast365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NCLCAMVUD
and vertically, in a way that an elevator won’t cut it. The ride should not take us more365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIanH433qPU
than twenty minutes at best.”365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklT80EEmOW
“So, this transport will deliver us inside the facility?”365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1VxmdfJkA
“I am afraid not Celle, as per these schematics” Dhanel Marce shows them to her365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXDtah9I3N
“it will instead drop us off in the second building, more explicitly inside the warehouse365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrtXp9RiQD
where loaders and other similar machinery take shelter. There are three buildings atop365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyl8wJzRoJV
that mountain: the facility, but also the warehouse where all sorts of things are stored365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbnqrobAXMx
within, and of course loaded into the train or relieved from it. That is where we will365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkX5oKUmUE5
step out. Lastly, the smallest of the three and built slightly apart from the other two;365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwJlgYmaWN
where all the main electric settings are, such as generators, conductors, that sort of365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5bD6Xsijc
thing. The train will drop us off and after that, once we step outside, things will surely365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzMPVKC623
be placed in a better perspective.”365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjTng5o6Pn
“Sir if I may... unofficially... I mean off the record; do you have any idea about...”365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixbg4x4BXK
“Deena, wait!” Celle extends her right arm making her stop “Someone else is here...”
