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Chapter Six262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRaAjJIQOtE
“Sixth Finger”
They listened carefully for every step of the way until Dhanel Marce concluded,262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqabiyXgGE
as he always does, with the already familiar question. They stared at each262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzQTCim8xF
other for the next couple of steps, silently as if trying to decide who among262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOcWvt2XDZJ
them should go first, but eventually Harigar Rhim would decide for them. He took262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvBl2bChQv
the opportunity before any mutual agreement came to be, but they all would have their262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetBUxK2YjG
chance regardless, if so willing...262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2bLuy0k0Q
“So, I’ll start with the more obvious question and not just to me, I hope” he smirks262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCXvvcrCzA
while looking around his companions “but the time to complete this mission seems262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ9sRxKp3eF
awfully scarce considering how far away from reaching the top of that mountain we262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxMz2rUxZ9
still are. I don’t care how small that facility might be, it is still way up there and well,262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsmygiwvNq
we are still down here. A few hours?! The time alone required for us to get to that top262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2EGGIbJoKQ
will easily use them up.”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI78AySKi6x
“That is true but what are you exactly asking me? If I am sure of the amount of time262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4BPzdm8lSh
made available to us, or you just expect something like that to be overlooked?”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwB292VjX9
“You jest boss, but you know exactly what I am asking. How are we to make it up262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFLS0ZC3v5C
there?” Dhanel Marce smiles: “Yes of course. Well, there is a transport waiting to take262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOTGVuZnCa
us all the way to the top, right after we cross those soggy woods up ahead. A small train262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbrUVUIQb7M
station rests amongst the stubborn cliffs overlooking the violent sea, and once there,262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MLWeqVmKK
we will take the train that transports any and all cargo towards that facility.”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RqpxvcxQj
“Excuse me... a train?” asked Deena. “Indeed, a train that will take us up the stream262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2QcWIIvHO3
if you will. There is nothing electric about it when it comes to how it is powered so262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1EbnLbcU1N
the EMP shouldn’t have any influence on it. Its engine is much like the trains of old262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm2SLDCh2HI
running on steam so its motion should not be hindered. We will lack the electrics262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsIdp6H23Jd
aboard but that tells little to us; no lights inside the cart and no voice to greet us, but262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJoMob1qPM
that is about it. What matters is that it will take us up there and will do so at a good262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6af8YZSI4D
speed. Just picture it as a train that runs vertically instead of horizontally.”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡognO9vpwDY
“It cannot be just that...” Harigar Rhim stares at that mountain “Without any262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7z9aSjpt8e
assistance of electrics how is it capable of moving alongside that mountain? I mean its262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0dg0dLLqh
tracks must stand almost vertical at times and there is no way it can run on them on262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpF91vBB3b
metal wheels alone.”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzytt659P9
“You will all see.” their captain continues “I have travelled in one of these before,262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTMtlaAPJJ
long ago, and I do use the term loosely. Both of us, myself and the one I was with262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkHdQKwK44
at that time, well we weren’t actually inside the train when we caught a ride on it.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVf685auZO
Hanging desperately to it is more like it. Anyway, it is nothing new by any means, but262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHF3rFE5Xf9
just something seldom utilized for how often does one find the need to travel both fast262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5EDssKV5eJ
and vertically, in a way that an elevator won’t cut it. The ride should not take us more262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEForDspnqs
than twenty minutes at best.”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGve7o5wUa2
“So, this transport will deliver us inside the facility?”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhp5Pi95PuH
“I am afraid not Celle, as per these schematics” Dhanel Marce shows them to her262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnAOMKPhQLY
“it will instead drop us off in the second building, more explicitly inside the warehouse262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7Jc2KMS7N
where loaders and other similar machinery take shelter. There are three buildings atop262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZl1jEjg12D
that mountain: the facility, but also the warehouse where all sorts of things are stored262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3RjIk40l3v
within, and of course loaded into the train or relieved from it. That is where we will262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokc415qbkb
step out. Lastly, the smallest of the three and built slightly apart from the other two;262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxEBc0uqffx
where all the main electric settings are, such as generators, conductors, that sort of262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6L96j48nMU
thing. The train will drop us off and after that, once we step outside, things will surely262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn1IInm2ReF
be placed in a better perspective.”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu727ogzzSJ
“Sir if I may... unofficially... I mean off the record; do you have any idea about...”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbFlKDzV1F
“Deena, wait!” Celle extends her right arm making her stop “Someone else is here...”
