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Chapter Six351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5UOsbeaUbK
“Sixth Finger”
They listened carefully for every step of the way until Dhanel Marce concluded,351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ04g9EBNI4L
as he always does, with the already familiar question. They stared at each351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6UaxHSQrhv
other for the next couple of steps, silently as if trying to decide who among351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiuFO3SehtA
them should go first, but eventually Harigar Rhim would decide for them. He took351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3su7NBU4N
the opportunity before any mutual agreement came to be, but they all would have their351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0S4qMzXTnD
chance regardless, if so willing...351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRrg1CAFDOR
“So, I’ll start with the more obvious question and not just to me, I hope” he smirks351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2elGSEjXQ
while looking around his companions “but the time to complete this mission seems351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSKazFRCyw
awfully scarce considering how far away from reaching the top of that mountain we351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwOHG9LVuZ
still are. I don’t care how small that facility might be, it is still way up there and well,351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeG4vwxrBeK
we are still down here. A few hours?! The time alone required for us to get to that top351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Vtxf6TbFP
will easily use them up.”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4f9gLgczOS
“That is true but what are you exactly asking me? If I am sure of the amount of time351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXb00LjdPYa
made available to us, or you just expect something like that to be overlooked?”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHv1D9uX3V
“You jest boss, but you know exactly what I am asking. How are we to make it up351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmVsbqCkKs
there?” Dhanel Marce smiles: “Yes of course. Well, there is a transport waiting to take351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXZooyHHKJ
us all the way to the top, right after we cross those soggy woods up ahead. A small train351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWrULdyv63
station rests amongst the stubborn cliffs overlooking the violent sea, and once there,351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdi4u05G9ka
we will take the train that transports any and all cargo towards that facility.”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kCW5n8ynF
“Excuse me... a train?” asked Deena. “Indeed, a train that will take us up the stream351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3b5Gg6qteQ
if you will. There is nothing electric about it when it comes to how it is powered so351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡESQwuG2WN0
the EMP shouldn’t have any influence on it. Its engine is much like the trains of old351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gudo8Cy97
running on steam so its motion should not be hindered. We will lack the electrics351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpTfuVM5Lgj
aboard but that tells little to us; no lights inside the cart and no voice to greet us, but351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1zCg1Ex75D
that is about it. What matters is that it will take us up there and will do so at a good351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRY00zNjEw
speed. Just picture it as a train that runs vertically instead of horizontally.”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdoeudWFE35
“It cannot be just that...” Harigar Rhim stares at that mountain “Without any351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5tG6FTGaMW
assistance of electrics how is it capable of moving alongside that mountain? I mean its351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGsAStZKyIA
tracks must stand almost vertical at times and there is no way it can run on them on351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccsi3mnwoq
metal wheels alone.”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf7Yvnt4mEj
“You will all see.” their captain continues “I have travelled in one of these before,351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ78Ur30su3
long ago, and I do use the term loosely. Both of us, myself and the one I was with351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zGmCCuYJg
at that time, well we weren’t actually inside the train when we caught a ride on it.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡssYy60ninF
Hanging desperately to it is more like it. Anyway, it is nothing new by any means, but351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqlwpyrEFO
just something seldom utilized for how often does one find the need to travel both fast351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxsO7twtV7
and vertically, in a way that an elevator won’t cut it. The ride should not take us more351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jWCGuBfZm
than twenty minutes at best.”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ5Li3M1Qqs
“So, this transport will deliver us inside the facility?”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVbrm2HRAP8
“I am afraid not Celle, as per these schematics” Dhanel Marce shows them to her351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5l5WPLeHaG
“it will instead drop us off in the second building, more explicitly inside the warehouse351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnrjqrXpzG
where loaders and other similar machinery take shelter. There are three buildings atop351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5vgiRd9QG
that mountain: the facility, but also the warehouse where all sorts of things are stored351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVON9GZuWon
within, and of course loaded into the train or relieved from it. That is where we will351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkKOyfJ0n2
step out. Lastly, the smallest of the three and built slightly apart from the other two;351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwqXGtDPBsw
where all the main electric settings are, such as generators, conductors, that sort of351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3EODPwWmj
thing. The train will drop us off and after that, once we step outside, things will surely351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9TxcDPHLb
be placed in a better perspective.”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhIXuqQLuk
“Sir if I may... unofficially... I mean off the record; do you have any idea about...”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9KdMNg03A
“Deena, wait!” Celle extends her right arm making her stop “Someone else is here...”
