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Chapter Six336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtrEBKRdqI
“Sixth Finger”
They listened carefully for every step of the way until Dhanel Marce concluded,336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFUV6rFAsX
as he always does, with the already familiar question. They stared at each336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCIyAS4Dox
other for the next couple of steps, silently as if trying to decide who among336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01wzAFkUKi
them should go first, but eventually Harigar Rhim would decide for them. He took336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATSiYiiP8N
the opportunity before any mutual agreement came to be, but they all would have their336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8W4LufxOI5
chance regardless, if so willing...336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡamzVMZdsIO
“So, I’ll start with the more obvious question and not just to me, I hope” he smirks336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdd7UWfoO5
while looking around his companions “but the time to complete this mission seems336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKF5LHEe3n
awfully scarce considering how far away from reaching the top of that mountain we336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6YFGZvbvsp
still are. I don’t care how small that facility might be, it is still way up there and well,336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQg7IDtoCl
we are still down here. A few hours?! The time alone required for us to get to that top336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Y5z5n7Y6l
will easily use them up.”336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKexsf5gvXu
“That is true but what are you exactly asking me? If I am sure of the amount of time336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Q5BLCKSmB
made available to us, or you just expect something like that to be overlooked?”336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBP3u85aY4
“You jest boss, but you know exactly what I am asking. How are we to make it up336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMgjqHPqjxP
there?” Dhanel Marce smiles: “Yes of course. Well, there is a transport waiting to take336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMxg0T6ouz
us all the way to the top, right after we cross those soggy woods up ahead. A small train336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuz15q33ugp
station rests amongst the stubborn cliffs overlooking the violent sea, and once there,336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQRL1KeAJt
we will take the train that transports any and all cargo towards that facility.”336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtgkESInSa
“Excuse me... a train?” asked Deena. “Indeed, a train that will take us up the stream336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzfnn74yjq
if you will. There is nothing electric about it when it comes to how it is powered so336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhuWVH0wIW
the EMP shouldn’t have any influence on it. Its engine is much like the trains of old336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaoo0U2pJ3P
running on steam so its motion should not be hindered. We will lack the electrics336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBn6ozG2ygK
aboard but that tells little to us; no lights inside the cart and no voice to greet us, but336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8ktlHWRLa
that is about it. What matters is that it will take us up there and will do so at a good336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjhC6Rbxri
speed. Just picture it as a train that runs vertically instead of horizontally.”336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvs8BYldocS
“It cannot be just that...” Harigar Rhim stares at that mountain “Without any336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwUJ5Yr2hg
assistance of electrics how is it capable of moving alongside that mountain? I mean its336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPL1EzdLNF
tracks must stand almost vertical at times and there is no way it can run on them on336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlpfJH4twMT
metal wheels alone.”336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRmMTwvabY
“You will all see.” their captain continues “I have travelled in one of these before,336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpPWuE9Shf
long ago, and I do use the term loosely. Both of us, myself and the one I was with336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡClMF2GlL5r
at that time, well we weren’t actually inside the train when we caught a ride on it.336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFEd0Dz9Qhd
Hanging desperately to it is more like it. Anyway, it is nothing new by any means, but336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZW9tOa1rG
just something seldom utilized for how often does one find the need to travel both fast336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jIqb36Ro6
and vertically, in a way that an elevator won’t cut it. The ride should not take us more336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkTumTTUGc
than twenty minutes at best.”336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZOL77DTSI
“So, this transport will deliver us inside the facility?”336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3djzr7pGL
“I am afraid not Celle, as per these schematics” Dhanel Marce shows them to her336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNxNCfZIP8
“it will instead drop us off in the second building, more explicitly inside the warehouse336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡclNt2aGbQZ
where loaders and other similar machinery take shelter. There are three buildings atop336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbPt8hBYsA
that mountain: the facility, but also the warehouse where all sorts of things are stored336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡur0QtV7lsx
within, and of course loaded into the train or relieved from it. That is where we will336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6H35cy0thA
step out. Lastly, the smallest of the three and built slightly apart from the other two;336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJcCShw7Gx
where all the main electric settings are, such as generators, conductors, that sort of336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgcR7TD03c
thing. The train will drop us off and after that, once we step outside, things will surely336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqQU02zhoU
be placed in a better perspective.”336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXaiYACHe4c
“Sir if I may... unofficially... I mean off the record; do you have any idea about...”336Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwDvQuFXPd
“Deena, wait!” Celle extends her right arm making her stop “Someone else is here...”
