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Chapter Six293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi6AdNS3OdE
“Sixth Finger”
They listened carefully for every step of the way until Dhanel Marce concluded,293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIWumY2gmm
as he always does, with the already familiar question. They stared at each293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxidWw5snF0
other for the next couple of steps, silently as if trying to decide who among293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡinKUW7IYGC
them should go first, but eventually Harigar Rhim would decide for them. He took293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUQbpavByY
the opportunity before any mutual agreement came to be, but they all would have their293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvX2i3ORi34
chance regardless, if so willing...293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4AHRrpIvx
“So, I’ll start with the more obvious question and not just to me, I hope” he smirks293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGpErfUfqc
while looking around his companions “but the time to complete this mission seems293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUZojUbPfy
awfully scarce considering how far away from reaching the top of that mountain we293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjGSi4GxRJ
still are. I don’t care how small that facility might be, it is still way up there and well,293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ucDSA0YxT
we are still down here. A few hours?! The time alone required for us to get to that top293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTeG3Yp17r
will easily use them up.”293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQqbWflygE
“That is true but what are you exactly asking me? If I am sure of the amount of time293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhIPcKhHxyl
made available to us, or you just expect something like that to be overlooked?”293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDmjRhzwJa
“You jest boss, but you know exactly what I am asking. How are we to make it up293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB42KuAtoWQ
there?” Dhanel Marce smiles: “Yes of course. Well, there is a transport waiting to take293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LhqTHHKhi
us all the way to the top, right after we cross those soggy woods up ahead. A small train293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMdI5G6QYUl
station rests amongst the stubborn cliffs overlooking the violent sea, and once there,293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDScCPgTl1
we will take the train that transports any and all cargo towards that facility.”293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbYDokmzDpM
“Excuse me... a train?” asked Deena. “Indeed, a train that will take us up the stream293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0FMNvQ3zo
if you will. There is nothing electric about it when it comes to how it is powered so293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡumeZBbLDt1
the EMP shouldn’t have any influence on it. Its engine is much like the trains of old293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQKCMdz947
running on steam so its motion should not be hindered. We will lack the electrics293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDASvNUD3l
aboard but that tells little to us; no lights inside the cart and no voice to greet us, but293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAEOwjsElPF
that is about it. What matters is that it will take us up there and will do so at a good293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSPz3Cxhr6f
speed. Just picture it as a train that runs vertically instead of horizontally.”293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJ9yMMbMDp
“It cannot be just that...” Harigar Rhim stares at that mountain “Without any293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdoPjshMaVk
assistance of electrics how is it capable of moving alongside that mountain? I mean its293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQGxVrLvJS
tracks must stand almost vertical at times and there is no way it can run on them on293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2d6Y2NgSg
metal wheels alone.”293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpT7D0oyh7
“You will all see.” their captain continues “I have travelled in one of these before,293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvfd9YGn0p
long ago, and I do use the term loosely. Both of us, myself and the one I was with293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJLXX7GFDd
at that time, well we weren’t actually inside the train when we caught a ride on it.293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbTuRNo47d
Hanging desperately to it is more like it. Anyway, it is nothing new by any means, but293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdPfZ5FYFs
just something seldom utilized for how often does one find the need to travel both fast293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXAIeXItdYF
and vertically, in a way that an elevator won’t cut it. The ride should not take us more293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0ZviktFrE
than twenty minutes at best.”293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkL7ASoEQJ
“So, this transport will deliver us inside the facility?”293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIiI6fED6Yv
“I am afraid not Celle, as per these schematics” Dhanel Marce shows them to her293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9V6hJ1jR9s
“it will instead drop us off in the second building, more explicitly inside the warehouse293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJP3GzonYtt
where loaders and other similar machinery take shelter. There are three buildings atop293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxas6d5Irk9
that mountain: the facility, but also the warehouse where all sorts of things are stored293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmuzWMUXJxt
within, and of course loaded into the train or relieved from it. That is where we will293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡleJlJvzkQr
step out. Lastly, the smallest of the three and built slightly apart from the other two;293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7FNDBFfLx
where all the main electric settings are, such as generators, conductors, that sort of293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8uh5yfR8a
thing. The train will drop us off and after that, once we step outside, things will surely293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFcw2wlUADE
be placed in a better perspective.”293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGCSD0zIR8
“Sir if I may... unofficially... I mean off the record; do you have any idea about...”293Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjNpDrXqoR
“Deena, wait!” Celle extends her right arm making her stop “Someone else is here...”
