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Chapter Six350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNanqGdjQYu
“Sixth Finger”
They listened carefully for every step of the way until Dhanel Marce concluded,350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn1jn9BLVZs
as he always does, with the already familiar question. They stared at each350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTxodWglGX
other for the next couple of steps, silently as if trying to decide who among350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ993RuuG3NI
them should go first, but eventually Harigar Rhim would decide for them. He took350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKIUPG24xG
the opportunity before any mutual agreement came to be, but they all would have their350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡULKetOaXw2
chance regardless, if so willing...350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyL6KUjj0v5
“So, I’ll start with the more obvious question and not just to me, I hope” he smirks350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqs1a0L5lQ
while looking around his companions “but the time to complete this mission seems350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW24eliGEoL
awfully scarce considering how far away from reaching the top of that mountain we350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4nhYvzscEk
still are. I don’t care how small that facility might be, it is still way up there and well,350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSD6jFteg5T
we are still down here. A few hours?! The time alone required for us to get to that top350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAHctVSoeyW
will easily use them up.”350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYqyetGdtF
“That is true but what are you exactly asking me? If I am sure of the amount of time350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt30iWg8efu
made available to us, or you just expect something like that to be overlooked?”350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgoc5Jzu5bL
“You jest boss, but you know exactly what I am asking. How are we to make it up350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPohnDdqhV
there?” Dhanel Marce smiles: “Yes of course. Well, there is a transport waiting to take350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5bRTpUgKB
us all the way to the top, right after we cross those soggy woods up ahead. A small train350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTM01LLB3gt
station rests amongst the stubborn cliffs overlooking the violent sea, and once there,350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡllEvvuhBFU
we will take the train that transports any and all cargo towards that facility.”350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPDIYF5Vjm
“Excuse me... a train?” asked Deena. “Indeed, a train that will take us up the stream350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLczbbii8nO
if you will. There is nothing electric about it when it comes to how it is powered so350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACtZG8zjwa
the EMP shouldn’t have any influence on it. Its engine is much like the trains of old350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvNGFBxdiY
running on steam so its motion should not be hindered. We will lack the electrics350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOOXl6IBHma
aboard but that tells little to us; no lights inside the cart and no voice to greet us, but350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTPzZxYadx
that is about it. What matters is that it will take us up there and will do so at a good350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWxQaC3Jjpj
speed. Just picture it as a train that runs vertically instead of horizontally.”350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9b3eCkyDN
“It cannot be just that...” Harigar Rhim stares at that mountain “Without any350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoR6d7D6wsx
assistance of electrics how is it capable of moving alongside that mountain? I mean its350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0tPeaKAHA
tracks must stand almost vertical at times and there is no way it can run on them on350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wmLYXKKTf
metal wheels alone.”350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTg7iQiamY2
“You will all see.” their captain continues “I have travelled in one of these before,350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMuEKzuuyH
long ago, and I do use the term loosely. Both of us, myself and the one I was with350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9kBZMXWVm
at that time, well we weren’t actually inside the train when we caught a ride on it.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzz9oxZXGzr
Hanging desperately to it is more like it. Anyway, it is nothing new by any means, but350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0Y7L4agey
just something seldom utilized for how often does one find the need to travel both fast350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3DpcII7X4
and vertically, in a way that an elevator won’t cut it. The ride should not take us more350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyaVRH8xx3F
than twenty minutes at best.”350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyiVrTTwOTo
“So, this transport will deliver us inside the facility?”350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTTRzRegSS9
“I am afraid not Celle, as per these schematics” Dhanel Marce shows them to her350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAcNOotlCrc
“it will instead drop us off in the second building, more explicitly inside the warehouse350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡas5ZfViiMA
where loaders and other similar machinery take shelter. There are three buildings atop350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtxYGmZIG1d
that mountain: the facility, but also the warehouse where all sorts of things are stored350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65s0xzZydL
within, and of course loaded into the train or relieved from it. That is where we will350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP3zDI9g4vT
step out. Lastly, the smallest of the three and built slightly apart from the other two;350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwCm1P0DTAo
where all the main electric settings are, such as generators, conductors, that sort of350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBGlueM64j
thing. The train will drop us off and after that, once we step outside, things will surely350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkdwpIbltd
be placed in a better perspective.”350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8dugGG0r3z
“Sir if I may... unofficially... I mean off the record; do you have any idea about...”350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡin6AlYNY7b
“Deena, wait!” Celle extends her right arm making her stop “Someone else is here...”
