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Chapter Six392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTpAa7Bsoo
“Sixth Finger”
They listened carefully for every step of the way until Dhanel Marce concluded,392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUuB2sAJBuk
as he always does, with the already familiar question. They stared at each392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQU0Nc1yfw
other for the next couple of steps, silently as if trying to decide who among392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QQS50KzLt
them should go first, but eventually Harigar Rhim would decide for them. He took392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEotFJzYIyQ
the opportunity before any mutual agreement came to be, but they all would have their392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7EaK3Nq0g
chance regardless, if so willing...392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡazOo99qNeB
“So, I’ll start with the more obvious question and not just to me, I hope” he smirks392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsme18GQxqP
while looking around his companions “but the time to complete this mission seems392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡofNMVt3Qqs
awfully scarce considering how far away from reaching the top of that mountain we392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRxnxde51v
still are. I don’t care how small that facility might be, it is still way up there and well,392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFN0Z8zylj
we are still down here. A few hours?! The time alone required for us to get to that top392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0v5DvLcnIa
will easily use them up.”392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUZ1AWb1AW4
“That is true but what are you exactly asking me? If I am sure of the amount of time392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIQsRDiZVD
made available to us, or you just expect something like that to be overlooked?”392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtUpirj1eHv
“You jest boss, but you know exactly what I am asking. How are we to make it up392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJA1FQhn7g
there?” Dhanel Marce smiles: “Yes of course. Well, there is a transport waiting to take392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrOriZzIQg
us all the way to the top, right after we cross those soggy woods up ahead. A small train392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmV25V563dC
station rests amongst the stubborn cliffs overlooking the violent sea, and once there,392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9GXdBjU1M
we will take the train that transports any and all cargo towards that facility.”392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq226dIs3Qd
“Excuse me... a train?” asked Deena. “Indeed, a train that will take us up the stream392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0YSqmPsDB2
if you will. There is nothing electric about it when it comes to how it is powered so392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkaOD5Jwgmb
the EMP shouldn’t have any influence on it. Its engine is much like the trains of old392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPD6VTcd9Fr
running on steam so its motion should not be hindered. We will lack the electrics392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEdVdYv8htR
aboard but that tells little to us; no lights inside the cart and no voice to greet us, but392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡspMoRfKpvd
that is about it. What matters is that it will take us up there and will do so at a good392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQoO8VsWWSY
speed. Just picture it as a train that runs vertically instead of horizontally.”392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8NgTatDV2
“It cannot be just that...” Harigar Rhim stares at that mountain “Without any392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTvp7wYsTt
assistance of electrics how is it capable of moving alongside that mountain? I mean its392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡap858WeWKg
tracks must stand almost vertical at times and there is no way it can run on them on392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9d1iZ0kMwH
metal wheels alone.”392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbvX7yAs3p
“You will all see.” their captain continues “I have travelled in one of these before,392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEuLM4aa85
long ago, and I do use the term loosely. Both of us, myself and the one I was with392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzW00pmW7H
at that time, well we weren’t actually inside the train when we caught a ride on it.392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4LSdvUJqA
Hanging desperately to it is more like it. Anyway, it is nothing new by any means, but392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5WLP5vtON
just something seldom utilized for how often does one find the need to travel both fast392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW49ZLmwcTQ
and vertically, in a way that an elevator won’t cut it. The ride should not take us more392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAoqQQ1OYaj
than twenty minutes at best.”392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHn1mUzZIx
“So, this transport will deliver us inside the facility?”392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGllvdnQ6Aa
“I am afraid not Celle, as per these schematics” Dhanel Marce shows them to her392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFctvXoIlqz
“it will instead drop us off in the second building, more explicitly inside the warehouse392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiq60REKudp
where loaders and other similar machinery take shelter. There are three buildings atop392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1HSDbfzST
that mountain: the facility, but also the warehouse where all sorts of things are stored392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvOZlz7uUQq
within, and of course loaded into the train or relieved from it. That is where we will392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtvya9qZjd
step out. Lastly, the smallest of the three and built slightly apart from the other two;392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡis4uawyAix
where all the main electric settings are, such as generators, conductors, that sort of392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWr35ztBC89
thing. The train will drop us off and after that, once we step outside, things will surely392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCKa8Hv14tg
be placed in a better perspective.”392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5nh3AWEG6
“Sir if I may... unofficially... I mean off the record; do you have any idea about...”392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnyXomhC0XK
“Deena, wait!” Celle extends her right arm making her stop “Someone else is here...”
