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Chapter Six334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUdXQUd1Qza
“Sixth Finger”
They listened carefully for every step of the way until Dhanel Marce concluded,334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYclrtRUOWh
as he always does, with the already familiar question. They stared at each334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihbBrCBn5c
other for the next couple of steps, silently as if trying to decide who among334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wfYJQy5E6
them should go first, but eventually Harigar Rhim would decide for them. He took334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdDTR2xFG6c
the opportunity before any mutual agreement came to be, but they all would have their334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWC8Bj19b4i
chance regardless, if so willing...334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCizR8iWaQN
“So, I’ll start with the more obvious question and not just to me, I hope” he smirks334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6YHMbTojR
while looking around his companions “but the time to complete this mission seems334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXTap8Kmlj
awfully scarce considering how far away from reaching the top of that mountain we334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiR4F5VSQow
still are. I don’t care how small that facility might be, it is still way up there and well,334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5xDKTHG3Ed
we are still down here. A few hours?! The time alone required for us to get to that top334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpPzjsXIwm
will easily use them up.”334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0f4VAKXyy
“That is true but what are you exactly asking me? If I am sure of the amount of time334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3eFuM0gKY
made available to us, or you just expect something like that to be overlooked?”334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeNPBgkFtT7
“You jest boss, but you know exactly what I am asking. How are we to make it up334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrHvGFvZNA
there?” Dhanel Marce smiles: “Yes of course. Well, there is a transport waiting to take334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShejdcSHQl
us all the way to the top, right after we cross those soggy woods up ahead. A small train334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP73F5ltJfC
station rests amongst the stubborn cliffs overlooking the violent sea, and once there,334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ893zjvrue8
we will take the train that transports any and all cargo towards that facility.”334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSofaTRw7wA
“Excuse me... a train?” asked Deena. “Indeed, a train that will take us up the stream334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxV16QjSeF
if you will. There is nothing electric about it when it comes to how it is powered so334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzqQHKjFM2
the EMP shouldn’t have any influence on it. Its engine is much like the trains of old334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72hTIkPEID
running on steam so its motion should not be hindered. We will lack the electrics334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGSSKa88fW
aboard but that tells little to us; no lights inside the cart and no voice to greet us, but334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBbnTVLMlN
that is about it. What matters is that it will take us up there and will do so at a good334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8ueuWHgiD
speed. Just picture it as a train that runs vertically instead of horizontally.”334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6l8lgHOyF
“It cannot be just that...” Harigar Rhim stares at that mountain “Without any334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmHvZBBeoU
assistance of electrics how is it capable of moving alongside that mountain? I mean its334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4RCrHsrmkP
tracks must stand almost vertical at times and there is no way it can run on them on334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGf8SuN9vn
metal wheels alone.”334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHOr3KJYaC
“You will all see.” their captain continues “I have travelled in one of these before,334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnUKcngx3C
long ago, and I do use the term loosely. Both of us, myself and the one I was with334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusUFKuDles
at that time, well we weren’t actually inside the train when we caught a ride on it.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrsCKs9XyZN
Hanging desperately to it is more like it. Anyway, it is nothing new by any means, but334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVTI0L1rwaZ
just something seldom utilized for how often does one find the need to travel both fast334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdfUn67KF9
and vertically, in a way that an elevator won’t cut it. The ride should not take us more334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmRxPDhkKd
than twenty minutes at best.”334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSitAfv7boL
“So, this transport will deliver us inside the facility?”334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdF9Vs83ad
“I am afraid not Celle, as per these schematics” Dhanel Marce shows them to her334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvXxtvlhCyA
“it will instead drop us off in the second building, more explicitly inside the warehouse334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡacp45wb8qm
where loaders and other similar machinery take shelter. There are three buildings atop334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8chFRSzrX
that mountain: the facility, but also the warehouse where all sorts of things are stored334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIn46q9Xaut
within, and of course loaded into the train or relieved from it. That is where we will334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxlYsXTYzYu
step out. Lastly, the smallest of the three and built slightly apart from the other two;334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9fTT0u7n5
where all the main electric settings are, such as generators, conductors, that sort of334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhS6lNpZVV
thing. The train will drop us off and after that, once we step outside, things will surely334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbezSCh818
be placed in a better perspective.”334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9rcOWWSNz
“Sir if I may... unofficially... I mean off the record; do you have any idea about...”334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8QGDNHOuS
“Deena, wait!” Celle extends her right arm making her stop “Someone else is here...”
