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Chapter Six408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT7db7H3sxD
“Sixth Finger”
They listened carefully for every step of the way until Dhanel Marce concluded,408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIDE66OtaV
as he always does, with the already familiar question. They stared at each408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDmi55l8jHv
other for the next couple of steps, silently as if trying to decide who among408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGCORalDVl
them should go first, but eventually Harigar Rhim would decide for them. He took408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMyxZ4GTzkL
the opportunity before any mutual agreement came to be, but they all would have their408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIorjPjgIR
chance regardless, if so willing...408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEaO3vEF2i
“So, I’ll start with the more obvious question and not just to me, I hope” he smirks408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6SXDJQMit
while looking around his companions “but the time to complete this mission seems408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBLZzPcP2U
awfully scarce considering how far away from reaching the top of that mountain we408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdBk6dZ3rg
still are. I don’t care how small that facility might be, it is still way up there and well,408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7JVNfAqTQ8
we are still down here. A few hours?! The time alone required for us to get to that top408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0SjYq7L6E
will easily use them up.”408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMLcYyugay
“That is true but what are you exactly asking me? If I am sure of the amount of time408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZjZi8SETU
made available to us, or you just expect something like that to be overlooked?”408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlfufxoeBQP
“You jest boss, but you know exactly what I am asking. How are we to make it up408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5cQISLUONg
there?” Dhanel Marce smiles: “Yes of course. Well, there is a transport waiting to take408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4QeWHsdOH
us all the way to the top, right after we cross those soggy woods up ahead. A small train408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmmH3jRTjYz
station rests amongst the stubborn cliffs overlooking the violent sea, and once there,408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2irnGquLHH
we will take the train that transports any and all cargo towards that facility.”408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKQG6UesiQ
“Excuse me... a train?” asked Deena. “Indeed, a train that will take us up the stream408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZdSm7l4QPT
if you will. There is nothing electric about it when it comes to how it is powered so408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9L6WgCmgPU
the EMP shouldn’t have any influence on it. Its engine is much like the trains of old408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRur9pRrGsC
running on steam so its motion should not be hindered. We will lack the electrics408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6uBCavc4w
aboard but that tells little to us; no lights inside the cart and no voice to greet us, but408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDjRE1wtK8
that is about it. What matters is that it will take us up there and will do so at a good408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0eS1WuhgA
speed. Just picture it as a train that runs vertically instead of horizontally.”408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRjlOYd13b
“It cannot be just that...” Harigar Rhim stares at that mountain “Without any408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pbDeGXE0g
assistance of electrics how is it capable of moving alongside that mountain? I mean its408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1YA5NbC4r
tracks must stand almost vertical at times and there is no way it can run on them on408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5SZ6TwGg9
metal wheels alone.”408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqiPrI8F78
“You will all see.” their captain continues “I have travelled in one of these before,408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYTMX4920c
long ago, and I do use the term loosely. Both of us, myself and the one I was with408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB4aCKYwm3a
at that time, well we weren’t actually inside the train when we caught a ride on it.408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJdAoF61rOg
Hanging desperately to it is more like it. Anyway, it is nothing new by any means, but408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCXpfgeVZN
just something seldom utilized for how often does one find the need to travel both fast408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡny5BkY0O3w
and vertically, in a way that an elevator won’t cut it. The ride should not take us more408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIToboRRSxC
than twenty minutes at best.”408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxt7eLJ1Mf
“So, this transport will deliver us inside the facility?”408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWN7N84Lcqq
“I am afraid not Celle, as per these schematics” Dhanel Marce shows them to her408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7FBirtxxm
“it will instead drop us off in the second building, more explicitly inside the warehouse408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgk5SMyDQ5B
where loaders and other similar machinery take shelter. There are three buildings atop408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNqXuiYuagR
that mountain: the facility, but also the warehouse where all sorts of things are stored408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcEEizBcFUj
within, and of course loaded into the train or relieved from it. That is where we will408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0K8qnfRs3v
step out. Lastly, the smallest of the three and built slightly apart from the other two;408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42rhxo1zqb
where all the main electric settings are, such as generators, conductors, that sort of408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAIYVnbffvA
thing. The train will drop us off and after that, once we step outside, things will surely408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyV2oa8miF
be placed in a better perspective.”408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPFQ5udGo5
“Sir if I may... unofficially... I mean off the record; do you have any idea about...”408Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2U9RQWXDYE
“Deena, wait!” Celle extends her right arm making her stop “Someone else is here...”
