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Chapter Six318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyRjwT64Ec7
“Sixth Finger”
They listened carefully for every step of the way until Dhanel Marce concluded,318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXhUQ0KiVy
as he always does, with the already familiar question. They stared at each318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZaKip1Nb8l
other for the next couple of steps, silently as if trying to decide who among318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5PrviL2Md
them should go first, but eventually Harigar Rhim would decide for them. He took318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVK8DmXqXj
the opportunity before any mutual agreement came to be, but they all would have their318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSVr5PTw1K
chance regardless, if so willing...318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPvjxaOvvf
“So, I’ll start with the more obvious question and not just to me, I hope” he smirks318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8v7AAR5eul
while looking around his companions “but the time to complete this mission seems318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFSMszpBZZQ
awfully scarce considering how far away from reaching the top of that mountain we318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbUPbKMRTx
still are. I don’t care how small that facility might be, it is still way up there and well,318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEiLNGt5rO9
we are still down here. A few hours?! The time alone required for us to get to that top318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOwlqtKaGg
will easily use them up.”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCEYUTVkGH
“That is true but what are you exactly asking me? If I am sure of the amount of time318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zgkj2y9Ed
made available to us, or you just expect something like that to be overlooked?”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAUAkeAV95y
“You jest boss, but you know exactly what I am asking. How are we to make it up318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFM4EguaZf
there?” Dhanel Marce smiles: “Yes of course. Well, there is a transport waiting to take318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLNZnJLBSi
us all the way to the top, right after we cross those soggy woods up ahead. A small train318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAmeSKG1Zf
station rests amongst the stubborn cliffs overlooking the violent sea, and once there,318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLa7sc2gUW
we will take the train that transports any and all cargo towards that facility.”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJzZsQwLi2
“Excuse me... a train?” asked Deena. “Indeed, a train that will take us up the stream318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkrQ4c9OoGD
if you will. There is nothing electric about it when it comes to how it is powered so318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEahtyv6Qia
the EMP shouldn’t have any influence on it. Its engine is much like the trains of old318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmLJuvai4MS
running on steam so its motion should not be hindered. We will lack the electrics318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhcFcE8vwT8
aboard but that tells little to us; no lights inside the cart and no voice to greet us, but318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFEFwImvIZr
that is about it. What matters is that it will take us up there and will do so at a good318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡroE83PuRbA
speed. Just picture it as a train that runs vertically instead of horizontally.”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRLhPLfxPyh
“It cannot be just that...” Harigar Rhim stares at that mountain “Without any318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8WsJTMHzOx
assistance of electrics how is it capable of moving alongside that mountain? I mean its318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWvDoedw2XG
tracks must stand almost vertical at times and there is no way it can run on them on318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7VtFvahsv
metal wheels alone.”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJtzEAV4zzA
“You will all see.” their captain continues “I have travelled in one of these before,318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Aa2n123S2
long ago, and I do use the term loosely. Both of us, myself and the one I was with318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7yEzvZeID
at that time, well we weren’t actually inside the train when we caught a ride on it.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqGn3PN6iA
Hanging desperately to it is more like it. Anyway, it is nothing new by any means, but318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3tRsPBY7J
just something seldom utilized for how often does one find the need to travel both fast318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO0MtWvZc2H
and vertically, in a way that an elevator won’t cut it. The ride should not take us more318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡchzPn2hoRZ
than twenty minutes at best.”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFswjrdUo7F
“So, this transport will deliver us inside the facility?”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iDSUw7otZ
“I am afraid not Celle, as per these schematics” Dhanel Marce shows them to her318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kS8OEc3c0
“it will instead drop us off in the second building, more explicitly inside the warehouse318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmm7R1R0LQl
where loaders and other similar machinery take shelter. There are three buildings atop318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6XNILQHIc
that mountain: the facility, but also the warehouse where all sorts of things are stored318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxhAJFMilNw
within, and of course loaded into the train or relieved from it. That is where we will318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKjFvAdXGc
step out. Lastly, the smallest of the three and built slightly apart from the other two;318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0hWiKZCw7
where all the main electric settings are, such as generators, conductors, that sort of318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZpYaTFoTmF
thing. The train will drop us off and after that, once we step outside, things will surely318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQn5SBx1tEE
be placed in a better perspective.”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Vh33xwDjY
“Sir if I may... unofficially... I mean off the record; do you have any idea about...”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjf21fDlyf5
“Deena, wait!” Celle extends her right arm making her stop “Someone else is here...”
