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Chapter Six405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9piKbERXTM
“Sixth Finger”
They listened carefully for every step of the way until Dhanel Marce concluded,405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSOLbIok7m
as he always does, with the already familiar question. They stared at each405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXy8WtLLOb
other for the next couple of steps, silently as if trying to decide who among405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjUPCfQUOTH
them should go first, but eventually Harigar Rhim would decide for them. He took405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNaQ4JGNS9
the opportunity before any mutual agreement came to be, but they all would have their405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCDOkphE8r7
chance regardless, if so willing...405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwoEpjpJB9
“So, I’ll start with the more obvious question and not just to me, I hope” he smirks405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnSuPgBGBe
while looking around his companions “but the time to complete this mission seems405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFKaXiL7wd
awfully scarce considering how far away from reaching the top of that mountain we405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2mLoQKYdvD
still are. I don’t care how small that facility might be, it is still way up there and well,405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkf4Z4b6ID9
we are still down here. A few hours?! The time alone required for us to get to that top405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZX3ntrP1Qa
will easily use them up.”405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwcLKwuioA
“That is true but what are you exactly asking me? If I am sure of the amount of time405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXOZlQC1cDl
made available to us, or you just expect something like that to be overlooked?”405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVgR5VA0bA
“You jest boss, but you know exactly what I am asking. How are we to make it up405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvq5C1mhJzG
there?” Dhanel Marce smiles: “Yes of course. Well, there is a transport waiting to take405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVakB64Dlqh
us all the way to the top, right after we cross those soggy woods up ahead. A small train405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsViUEDmllm
station rests amongst the stubborn cliffs overlooking the violent sea, and once there,405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwFiH85Ssw
we will take the train that transports any and all cargo towards that facility.”405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkO4TQIKEQh
“Excuse me... a train?” asked Deena. “Indeed, a train that will take us up the stream405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLoErIGN98U
if you will. There is nothing electric about it when it comes to how it is powered so405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9VlI7xWek
the EMP shouldn’t have any influence on it. Its engine is much like the trains of old405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1VnK3C2pI
running on steam so its motion should not be hindered. We will lack the electrics405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajpLbJzuUo
aboard but that tells little to us; no lights inside the cart and no voice to greet us, but405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8BbsMVEG1
that is about it. What matters is that it will take us up there and will do so at a good405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxBnKSCRD8
speed. Just picture it as a train that runs vertically instead of horizontally.”405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCVLhFE16F
“It cannot be just that...” Harigar Rhim stares at that mountain “Without any405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCDBjwGyQ9
assistance of electrics how is it capable of moving alongside that mountain? I mean its405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ua9bKJFpI
tracks must stand almost vertical at times and there is no way it can run on them on405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93IZ6klCmR
metal wheels alone.”405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTWwNnrwEl
“You will all see.” their captain continues “I have travelled in one of these before,405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhug7Ys4M5Q
long ago, and I do use the term loosely. Both of us, myself and the one I was with405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYbOoS4xaG6
at that time, well we weren’t actually inside the train when we caught a ride on it.405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3TdXccDphx
Hanging desperately to it is more like it. Anyway, it is nothing new by any means, but405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSMw07f0Rs1
just something seldom utilized for how often does one find the need to travel both fast405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFFXZ4DIdao
and vertically, in a way that an elevator won’t cut it. The ride should not take us more405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxRiYxWmSW
than twenty minutes at best.”405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhrOV4D8Bu
“So, this transport will deliver us inside the facility?”405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFq6A6kon6l
“I am afraid not Celle, as per these schematics” Dhanel Marce shows them to her405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsEME1cLa3o
“it will instead drop us off in the second building, more explicitly inside the warehouse405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOEFPrn3Kej
where loaders and other similar machinery take shelter. There are three buildings atop405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2A5JScBy3K
that mountain: the facility, but also the warehouse where all sorts of things are stored405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4VFYzQEf2
within, and of course loaded into the train or relieved from it. That is where we will405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcy4TiWXl7A
step out. Lastly, the smallest of the three and built slightly apart from the other two;405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDR9NtJ8mv2
where all the main electric settings are, such as generators, conductors, that sort of405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgiW1rpJ20A
thing. The train will drop us off and after that, once we step outside, things will surely405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkZbbyFu0r
be placed in a better perspective.”405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2MNN0RqeEh
“Sir if I may... unofficially... I mean off the record; do you have any idea about...”405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3m3d1R80k
“Deena, wait!” Celle extends her right arm making her stop “Someone else is here...”
