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Chapter Six332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQ7xc77lot
“Sixth Finger”
They listened carefully for every step of the way until Dhanel Marce concluded,332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuP7h3BFJ9R
as he always does, with the already familiar question. They stared at each332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTZ35Iffk0
other for the next couple of steps, silently as if trying to decide who among332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUNrDWfTYy
them should go first, but eventually Harigar Rhim would decide for them. He took332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡea77Bkqfpz
the opportunity before any mutual agreement came to be, but they all would have their332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9SrcePolS
chance regardless, if so willing...332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnje5HlRh66
“So, I’ll start with the more obvious question and not just to me, I hope” he smirks332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡum1Pn99Ek3
while looking around his companions “but the time to complete this mission seems332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2UzK7gCqF
awfully scarce considering how far away from reaching the top of that mountain we332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE2MIEUNTa0
still are. I don’t care how small that facility might be, it is still way up there and well,332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvLC2gkbLm
we are still down here. A few hours?! The time alone required for us to get to that top332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0QKZPsAuU
will easily use them up.”332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBjUlxOOfg
“That is true but what are you exactly asking me? If I am sure of the amount of time332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpGv5UtuZh
made available to us, or you just expect something like that to be overlooked?”332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwZgC9wlcn
“You jest boss, but you know exactly what I am asking. How are we to make it up332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3lL0tATNB
there?” Dhanel Marce smiles: “Yes of course. Well, there is a transport waiting to take332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOFVKTrWk9
us all the way to the top, right after we cross those soggy woods up ahead. A small train332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsCuiY3Am1
station rests amongst the stubborn cliffs overlooking the violent sea, and once there,332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5wzD9U2dS
we will take the train that transports any and all cargo towards that facility.”332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPDyAx5sFX
“Excuse me... a train?” asked Deena. “Indeed, a train that will take us up the stream332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQKkDogRy0
if you will. There is nothing electric about it when it comes to how it is powered so332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHjQB1viHKr
the EMP shouldn’t have any influence on it. Its engine is much like the trains of old332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0KvFCncZSK
running on steam so its motion should not be hindered. We will lack the electrics332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSELK9r1Dp
aboard but that tells little to us; no lights inside the cart and no voice to greet us, but332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzl8OWghWv
that is about it. What matters is that it will take us up there and will do so at a good332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPkbzMZQU6
speed. Just picture it as a train that runs vertically instead of horizontally.”332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ479OzqZX7U
“It cannot be just that...” Harigar Rhim stares at that mountain “Without any332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Urk5OFenX
assistance of electrics how is it capable of moving alongside that mountain? I mean its332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmvz1iWDUi
tracks must stand almost vertical at times and there is no way it can run on them on332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZdn7XKFp5k
metal wheels alone.”332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB2rFGCFxrH
“You will all see.” their captain continues “I have travelled in one of these before,332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzu8pETiHi
long ago, and I do use the term loosely. Both of us, myself and the one I was with332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSpVuMc2IL
at that time, well we weren’t actually inside the train when we caught a ride on it.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tn7b0lyOI
Hanging desperately to it is more like it. Anyway, it is nothing new by any means, but332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZn4zvT2qy
just something seldom utilized for how often does one find the need to travel both fast332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWGxQrg4Bk
and vertically, in a way that an elevator won’t cut it. The ride should not take us more332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2aBes4kt9
than twenty minutes at best.”332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCUj0YWCtr
“So, this transport will deliver us inside the facility?”332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iX6WN6P2r
“I am afraid not Celle, as per these schematics” Dhanel Marce shows them to her332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0unaWHaYy
“it will instead drop us off in the second building, more explicitly inside the warehouse332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXcNxDIplH
where loaders and other similar machinery take shelter. There are three buildings atop332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8924Pq2Mbz
that mountain: the facility, but also the warehouse where all sorts of things are stored332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtUyY3Kg5Jj
within, and of course loaded into the train or relieved from it. That is where we will332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9uj3YXqGwW
step out. Lastly, the smallest of the three and built slightly apart from the other two;332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyVIpZ8kik
where all the main electric settings are, such as generators, conductors, that sort of332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1JHt60uw83
thing. The train will drop us off and after that, once we step outside, things will surely332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhqMNJplPAt
be placed in a better perspective.”332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5kTxcVQOcG
“Sir if I may... unofficially... I mean off the record; do you have any idea about...”332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwkYdhFaxY
“Deena, wait!” Celle extends her right arm making her stop “Someone else is here...”
