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Chapter Six338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiUEuwB7LZ1
“Sixth Finger”
They listened carefully for every step of the way until Dhanel Marce concluded,338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWsozwKRby
as he always does, with the already familiar question. They stared at each338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWALiqXhZ7s
other for the next couple of steps, silently as if trying to decide who among338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfmVZcsqLH
them should go first, but eventually Harigar Rhim would decide for them. He took338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0CfGpMnWoE
the opportunity before any mutual agreement came to be, but they all would have their338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7BphfGInkN
chance regardless, if so willing...338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07Ymmfyva5
“So, I’ll start with the more obvious question and not just to me, I hope” he smirks338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgEklf01VtE
while looking around his companions “but the time to complete this mission seems338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUMpaRdNai
awfully scarce considering how far away from reaching the top of that mountain we338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXmHqL4sm7
still are. I don’t care how small that facility might be, it is still way up there and well,338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EVCQ64YBD
we are still down here. A few hours?! The time alone required for us to get to that top338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDsWFjJ4BQ
will easily use them up.”338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZzIRCY9DJ
“That is true but what are you exactly asking me? If I am sure of the amount of time338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKm62CjZuFr
made available to us, or you just expect something like that to be overlooked?”338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYuYQzWZat
“You jest boss, but you know exactly what I am asking. How are we to make it up338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRDvfj3NkX
there?” Dhanel Marce smiles: “Yes of course. Well, there is a transport waiting to take338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxnlDVzoIX
us all the way to the top, right after we cross those soggy woods up ahead. A small train338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPXVCzpz5n3
station rests amongst the stubborn cliffs overlooking the violent sea, and once there,338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8mxFQBOnFN
we will take the train that transports any and all cargo towards that facility.”338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1f8nuw9WB1
“Excuse me... a train?” asked Deena. “Indeed, a train that will take us up the stream338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhashz7OAZa
if you will. There is nothing electric about it when it comes to how it is powered so338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PNpSkJiq6
the EMP shouldn’t have any influence on it. Its engine is much like the trains of old338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiutLTg2RVk
running on steam so its motion should not be hindered. We will lack the electrics338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHhBH9mr7M
aboard but that tells little to us; no lights inside the cart and no voice to greet us, but338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgT3FieF02b
that is about it. What matters is that it will take us up there and will do so at a good338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3oKjm13Uz
speed. Just picture it as a train that runs vertically instead of horizontally.”338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOabB9BQyKi
“It cannot be just that...” Harigar Rhim stares at that mountain “Without any338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjEgVcHYr08
assistance of electrics how is it capable of moving alongside that mountain? I mean its338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PRPUbFhwT
tracks must stand almost vertical at times and there is no way it can run on them on338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVs1Js4hi5
metal wheels alone.”338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsY8lsbAVf
“You will all see.” their captain continues “I have travelled in one of these before,338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0u4vXKUOF6
long ago, and I do use the term loosely. Both of us, myself and the one I was with338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ943FUvLCaq
at that time, well we weren’t actually inside the train when we caught a ride on it.338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmOdLEFIGo
Hanging desperately to it is more like it. Anyway, it is nothing new by any means, but338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6le6O5QYc8
just something seldom utilized for how often does one find the need to travel both fast338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5KfDmiab9
and vertically, in a way that an elevator won’t cut it. The ride should not take us more338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxzvOPsHaSq
than twenty minutes at best.”338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeP7qu1PE2I
“So, this transport will deliver us inside the facility?”338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8UT4j0lJIS
“I am afraid not Celle, as per these schematics” Dhanel Marce shows them to her338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVavbJM4ENh
“it will instead drop us off in the second building, more explicitly inside the warehouse338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1G7TFb3CLb
where loaders and other similar machinery take shelter. There are three buildings atop338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKTxDSLhFe
that mountain: the facility, but also the warehouse where all sorts of things are stored338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRxdq0YxND
within, and of course loaded into the train or relieved from it. That is where we will338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKHAHMQFir
step out. Lastly, the smallest of the three and built slightly apart from the other two;338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfaV56TCrkK
where all the main electric settings are, such as generators, conductors, that sort of338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwKBqqixTY
thing. The train will drop us off and after that, once we step outside, things will surely338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnGphbEYMYx
be placed in a better perspective.”338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0RvyGUhiHL
“Sir if I may... unofficially... I mean off the record; do you have any idea about...”338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObCX4PlNI3
“Deena, wait!” Celle extends her right arm making her stop “Someone else is here...”
