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“Sixth Finger”
They listened carefully for every step of the way until Dhanel Marce concluded,246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUZxXvbTfP
as he always does, with the already familiar question. They stared at each246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGc1LiOMxzC
other for the next couple of steps, silently as if trying to decide who among246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6WConOpr5
them should go first, but eventually Harigar Rhim would decide for them. He took246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxtWOksEhF
the opportunity before any mutual agreement came to be, but they all would have their246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmIz20DNqOe
chance regardless, if so willing...246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5PidSNphQr
“So, I’ll start with the more obvious question and not just to me, I hope” he smirks246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiSXzd9VSzz
while looking around his companions “but the time to complete this mission seems246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8fn0pAbL0
awfully scarce considering how far away from reaching the top of that mountain we246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvrEQbBkuR
still are. I don’t care how small that facility might be, it is still way up there and well,246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsyDE41Vkpa
we are still down here. A few hours?! The time alone required for us to get to that top246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1HkFCb6wsf
will easily use them up.”246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYUf43p3m7Q
“That is true but what are you exactly asking me? If I am sure of the amount of time246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8WFrXbrhu
made available to us, or you just expect something like that to be overlooked?”246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡznxU5nBulo
“You jest boss, but you know exactly what I am asking. How are we to make it up246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmvoAYdqK7
there?” Dhanel Marce smiles: “Yes of course. Well, there is a transport waiting to take246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrq3Au41ZGO
us all the way to the top, right after we cross those soggy woods up ahead. A small train246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoTY077n1RY
station rests amongst the stubborn cliffs overlooking the violent sea, and once there,246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6cYgRIEbkL
we will take the train that transports any and all cargo towards that facility.”246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOsTB0tmiS8
“Excuse me... a train?” asked Deena. “Indeed, a train that will take us up the stream246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcwveJNNkx
if you will. There is nothing electric about it when it comes to how it is powered so246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6EDk750oU
the EMP shouldn’t have any influence on it. Its engine is much like the trains of old246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdN5Y5bu0pB
running on steam so its motion should not be hindered. We will lack the electrics246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jLYY2iksp
aboard but that tells little to us; no lights inside the cart and no voice to greet us, but246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ2atpoOsrd
that is about it. What matters is that it will take us up there and will do so at a good246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEA32rqszNR
speed. Just picture it as a train that runs vertically instead of horizontally.”246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMniWAIJkB
“It cannot be just that...” Harigar Rhim stares at that mountain “Without any246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2TuvpfgJA
assistance of electrics how is it capable of moving alongside that mountain? I mean its246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWwP00vdmW
tracks must stand almost vertical at times and there is no way it can run on them on246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyA73X96Yca
metal wheels alone.”246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd67Ds4bFdl
“You will all see.” their captain continues “I have travelled in one of these before,246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiurEH7xxlC
long ago, and I do use the term loosely. Both of us, myself and the one I was with246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡun2bZVqLd5
at that time, well we weren’t actually inside the train when we caught a ride on it.246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqj9Mh5KFNE
Hanging desperately to it is more like it. Anyway, it is nothing new by any means, but246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCc51rbhB7g
just something seldom utilized for how often does one find the need to travel both fast246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzTtEe4LEo
and vertically, in a way that an elevator won’t cut it. The ride should not take us more246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjoMQ8emGek
than twenty minutes at best.”246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQqG2MSJhr
“So, this transport will deliver us inside the facility?”246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU4Kb40YtTg
“I am afraid not Celle, as per these schematics” Dhanel Marce shows them to her246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XWbmv8jZo
“it will instead drop us off in the second building, more explicitly inside the warehouse246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQMwLUMW5M
where loaders and other similar machinery take shelter. There are three buildings atop246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQXInRlPGF
that mountain: the facility, but also the warehouse where all sorts of things are stored246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhY0CDAd3uR
within, and of course loaded into the train or relieved from it. That is where we will246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGGB3vCXe7
step out. Lastly, the smallest of the three and built slightly apart from the other two;246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEiypdqdb68
where all the main electric settings are, such as generators, conductors, that sort of246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgokIJbT2IN
thing. The train will drop us off and after that, once we step outside, things will surely246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzCpo7e8yy
be placed in a better perspective.”246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC526rQFv51
“Sir if I may... unofficially... I mean off the record; do you have any idea about...”246Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8x9vlfSp2o
“Deena, wait!” Celle extends her right arm making her stop “Someone else is here...”
