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Chapter Six287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6gFic6cM9
“Sixth Finger”
They listened carefully for every step of the way until Dhanel Marce concluded,287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6FGmcknA8
as he always does, with the already familiar question. They stared at each287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hFc511UYj
other for the next couple of steps, silently as if trying to decide who among287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvOtFeMcJwb
them should go first, but eventually Harigar Rhim would decide for them. He took287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVfDi1Jx0t
the opportunity before any mutual agreement came to be, but they all would have their287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJoPVW2KGi
chance regardless, if so willing...287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaVTw9rYOv
“So, I’ll start with the more obvious question and not just to me, I hope” he smirks287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmU5jIKdNB
while looking around his companions “but the time to complete this mission seems287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1HdU6eZPE
awfully scarce considering how far away from reaching the top of that mountain we287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdOZZzN7XZ
still are. I don’t care how small that facility might be, it is still way up there and well,287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPcNggWWPEy
we are still down here. A few hours?! The time alone required for us to get to that top287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17dExB8egV
will easily use them up.”287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡku7oXUKlm6
“That is true but what are you exactly asking me? If I am sure of the amount of time287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtHQTIZ6q0
made available to us, or you just expect something like that to be overlooked?”287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmoUGFHTb8
“You jest boss, but you know exactly what I am asking. How are we to make it up287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9YhW88vuv
there?” Dhanel Marce smiles: “Yes of course. Well, there is a transport waiting to take287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbPYzHpILYM
us all the way to the top, right after we cross those soggy woods up ahead. A small train287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxCixLTKZA
station rests amongst the stubborn cliffs overlooking the violent sea, and once there,287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPXK84LS9E
we will take the train that transports any and all cargo towards that facility.”287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Qe0JXOheE
“Excuse me... a train?” asked Deena. “Indeed, a train that will take us up the stream287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGnR5fUaajT
if you will. There is nothing electric about it when it comes to how it is powered so287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFVwqURTgI
the EMP shouldn’t have any influence on it. Its engine is much like the trains of old287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOPfq9F5mi
running on steam so its motion should not be hindered. We will lack the electrics287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9WJUIcBn6
aboard but that tells little to us; no lights inside the cart and no voice to greet us, but287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JeybJwv71
that is about it. What matters is that it will take us up there and will do so at a good287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVgV44UQfY
speed. Just picture it as a train that runs vertically instead of horizontally.”287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZMKXKjM6f
“It cannot be just that...” Harigar Rhim stares at that mountain “Without any287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19k5bD832l
assistance of electrics how is it capable of moving alongside that mountain? I mean its287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8H2HXaQiMW
tracks must stand almost vertical at times and there is no way it can run on them on287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KFZ1eshlP
metal wheels alone.”287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShWKNA5r1E
“You will all see.” their captain continues “I have travelled in one of these before,287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1fQvP9Daj
long ago, and I do use the term loosely. Both of us, myself and the one I was with287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXY6I4wOxy
at that time, well we weren’t actually inside the train when we caught a ride on it.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUwqCq9LCMG
Hanging desperately to it is more like it. Anyway, it is nothing new by any means, but287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3kZM8Nzbc
just something seldom utilized for how often does one find the need to travel both fast287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCmq8vuL3g
and vertically, in a way that an elevator won’t cut it. The ride should not take us more287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZxHju9xjT
than twenty minutes at best.”287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhq9lKuA6V
“So, this transport will deliver us inside the facility?”287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyt1f2bu7er
“I am afraid not Celle, as per these schematics” Dhanel Marce shows them to her287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5tNGflbqan
“it will instead drop us off in the second building, more explicitly inside the warehouse287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5x1FgORhg
where loaders and other similar machinery take shelter. There are three buildings atop287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPnW9z71yu5
that mountain: the facility, but also the warehouse where all sorts of things are stored287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4W9nPJ6sZE
within, and of course loaded into the train or relieved from it. That is where we will287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhQuepmOeP
step out. Lastly, the smallest of the three and built slightly apart from the other two;287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡamdlu6qCPE
where all the main electric settings are, such as generators, conductors, that sort of287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHjjtqGffW
thing. The train will drop us off and after that, once we step outside, things will surely287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxebnvqKiaG
be placed in a better perspective.”287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PDdG2AvDo
“Sir if I may... unofficially... I mean off the record; do you have any idea about...”287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8oiYI4DIYS
“Deena, wait!” Celle extends her right arm making her stop “Someone else is here...”
