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Chapter Six427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxThZttrOc
“Sixth Finger”
They listened carefully for every step of the way until Dhanel Marce concluded,427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx4KqQcnZLB
as he always does, with the already familiar question. They stared at each427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdeSXBdfNX1
other for the next couple of steps, silently as if trying to decide who among427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mIPQGDZIh
them should go first, but eventually Harigar Rhim would decide for them. He took427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1tt07kYsb
the opportunity before any mutual agreement came to be, but they all would have their427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3JiegbyPK
chance regardless, if so willing...427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡART1YuR8wa
“So, I’ll start with the more obvious question and not just to me, I hope” he smirks427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6XGwNpQ8I8
while looking around his companions “but the time to complete this mission seems427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6KViiXkOn
awfully scarce considering how far away from reaching the top of that mountain we427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCcYblp6aI
still are. I don’t care how small that facility might be, it is still way up there and well,427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqt3089W8f
we are still down here. A few hours?! The time alone required for us to get to that top427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdoyXABbN7u
will easily use them up.”427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdpgPpYdON
“That is true but what are you exactly asking me? If I am sure of the amount of time427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiI4GTN0ZWz
made available to us, or you just expect something like that to be overlooked?”427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbssmo0Lzlc
“You jest boss, but you know exactly what I am asking. How are we to make it up427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZsFoYU5uV
there?” Dhanel Marce smiles: “Yes of course. Well, there is a transport waiting to take427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoHY656z1uv
us all the way to the top, right after we cross those soggy woods up ahead. A small train427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLzf00LUlH
station rests amongst the stubborn cliffs overlooking the violent sea, and once there,427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTDpLPbLg4
we will take the train that transports any and all cargo towards that facility.”427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEwX2gB1fBj
“Excuse me... a train?” asked Deena. “Indeed, a train that will take us up the stream427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHKutobPdM
if you will. There is nothing electric about it when it comes to how it is powered so427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡieknaQeiEx
the EMP shouldn’t have any influence on it. Its engine is much like the trains of old427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY540dL77ta
running on steam so its motion should not be hindered. We will lack the electrics427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhXx87ojoDb
aboard but that tells little to us; no lights inside the cart and no voice to greet us, but427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuOlXUXLA2
that is about it. What matters is that it will take us up there and will do so at a good427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfAfb64AxY
speed. Just picture it as a train that runs vertically instead of horizontally.”427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmSOadWA4N
“It cannot be just that...” Harigar Rhim stares at that mountain “Without any427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3lQUrHBgWj
assistance of electrics how is it capable of moving alongside that mountain? I mean its427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShBGTRn4bt
tracks must stand almost vertical at times and there is no way it can run on them on427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9L2WiyGGC4
metal wheels alone.”427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXwvx347L7S
“You will all see.” their captain continues “I have travelled in one of these before,427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLOSrzeGFY
long ago, and I do use the term loosely. Both of us, myself and the one I was with427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWNGNxDuLJe
at that time, well we weren’t actually inside the train when we caught a ride on it.427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2z1rWIlZC3
Hanging desperately to it is more like it. Anyway, it is nothing new by any means, but427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡde4rs06UZw
just something seldom utilized for how often does one find the need to travel both fast427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLMFWivoKG
and vertically, in a way that an elevator won’t cut it. The ride should not take us more427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvn54xM3eQG
than twenty minutes at best.”427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8HttB998K
“So, this transport will deliver us inside the facility?”427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1Am39UwhN
“I am afraid not Celle, as per these schematics” Dhanel Marce shows them to her427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlRVgR2vfP
“it will instead drop us off in the second building, more explicitly inside the warehouse427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dMwaplY6T
where loaders and other similar machinery take shelter. There are three buildings atop427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsgg9ZUPqg3
that mountain: the facility, but also the warehouse where all sorts of things are stored427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjaqoVhm2I
within, and of course loaded into the train or relieved from it. That is where we will427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3a08joA4X
step out. Lastly, the smallest of the three and built slightly apart from the other two;427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUN5wMJd7h
where all the main electric settings are, such as generators, conductors, that sort of427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFmqytRBx2
thing. The train will drop us off and after that, once we step outside, things will surely427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjn284DrzJ4
be placed in a better perspective.”427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hPg5rzx3J
“Sir if I may... unofficially... I mean off the record; do you have any idea about...”427Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXLA1Iu73P
“Deena, wait!” Celle extends her right arm making her stop “Someone else is here...”
