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Chapter Six385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bZPHrAYKI
“Sixth Finger”
They listened carefully for every step of the way until Dhanel Marce concluded,385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcB6AAnUJP
as he always does, with the already familiar question. They stared at each385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOemHxVY6I
other for the next couple of steps, silently as if trying to decide who among385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZDZH3peN2
them should go first, but eventually Harigar Rhim would decide for them. He took385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgiEWuBemMB
the opportunity before any mutual agreement came to be, but they all would have their385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xi7w16Ek0
chance regardless, if so willing...385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzFA0YV7UU
“So, I’ll start with the more obvious question and not just to me, I hope” he smirks385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96Z64BRneP
while looking around his companions “but the time to complete this mission seems385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35XWYakT1s
awfully scarce considering how far away from reaching the top of that mountain we385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAkTzpRI1mW
still are. I don’t care how small that facility might be, it is still way up there and well,385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoVSq8J09Ik
we are still down here. A few hours?! The time alone required for us to get to that top385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDxnha21zB
will easily use them up.”385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yIAjbaqA4
“That is true but what are you exactly asking me? If I am sure of the amount of time385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLjKGDfqb9
made available to us, or you just expect something like that to be overlooked?”385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5VMxdX9Dcn
“You jest boss, but you know exactly what I am asking. How are we to make it up385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNSoEI5jof
there?” Dhanel Marce smiles: “Yes of course. Well, there is a transport waiting to take385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFLzJUOiORt
us all the way to the top, right after we cross those soggy woods up ahead. A small train385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhI35nByJ5
station rests amongst the stubborn cliffs overlooking the violent sea, and once there,385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4duTTxsmW
we will take the train that transports any and all cargo towards that facility.”385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwjwfhDZv4k
“Excuse me... a train?” asked Deena. “Indeed, a train that will take us up the stream385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYh8EgZ6urX
if you will. There is nothing electric about it when it comes to how it is powered so385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYnF6ZB18i
the EMP shouldn’t have any influence on it. Its engine is much like the trains of old385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsDCfa00Cp
running on steam so its motion should not be hindered. We will lack the electrics385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaT6MUQ5u9L
aboard but that tells little to us; no lights inside the cart and no voice to greet us, but385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dSdi8rp6O
that is about it. What matters is that it will take us up there and will do so at a good385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUp3YRVddIf
speed. Just picture it as a train that runs vertically instead of horizontally.”385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEX4HU03DwW
“It cannot be just that...” Harigar Rhim stares at that mountain “Without any385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2ucnqL4Up
assistance of electrics how is it capable of moving alongside that mountain? I mean its385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDMHqKfjnn
tracks must stand almost vertical at times and there is no way it can run on them on385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJueo2eX6f
metal wheels alone.”385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTBgJ7gPpP
“You will all see.” their captain continues “I have travelled in one of these before,385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWu8VuufFBj
long ago, and I do use the term loosely. Both of us, myself and the one I was with385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKi0d1blOjq
at that time, well we weren’t actually inside the train when we caught a ride on it.385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9wKc2IYjJ9
Hanging desperately to it is more like it. Anyway, it is nothing new by any means, but385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnxTwZhT896
just something seldom utilized for how often does one find the need to travel both fast385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvi3u3f6ET
and vertically, in a way that an elevator won’t cut it. The ride should not take us more385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGFGUDKZsy
than twenty minutes at best.”385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4eqW2MSb42
“So, this transport will deliver us inside the facility?”385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJ9gO8mTFV
“I am afraid not Celle, as per these schematics” Dhanel Marce shows them to her385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrxfGY8wPfT
“it will instead drop us off in the second building, more explicitly inside the warehouse385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQTeNaQRYx
where loaders and other similar machinery take shelter. There are three buildings atop385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmAYXRaJ0o
that mountain: the facility, but also the warehouse where all sorts of things are stored385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZc2DlM3jBv
within, and of course loaded into the train or relieved from it. That is where we will385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbqtI7nbIa
step out. Lastly, the smallest of the three and built slightly apart from the other two;385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTFjUMedJ6p
where all the main electric settings are, such as generators, conductors, that sort of385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEx5UkAxmvm
thing. The train will drop us off and after that, once we step outside, things will surely385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuXCoYWfdV0
be placed in a better perspective.”385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7plG34O3Ky
“Sir if I may... unofficially... I mean off the record; do you have any idea about...”385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQ7JLTt3Uh
“Deena, wait!” Celle extends her right arm making her stop “Someone else is here...”
