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Chapter Six266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUH42hxh7a3
“Sixth Finger”
They listened carefully for every step of the way until Dhanel Marce concluded,266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURrQJgx0eC
as he always does, with the already familiar question. They stared at each266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQ0oQE0jmw
other for the next couple of steps, silently as if trying to decide who among266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CCtT2BRWD
them should go first, but eventually Harigar Rhim would decide for them. He took266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedKEwKBm0T
the opportunity before any mutual agreement came to be, but they all would have their266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdONBuzrkSL
chance regardless, if so willing...266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2EtTomDmWY
“So, I’ll start with the more obvious question and not just to me, I hope” he smirks266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfY1NvnlzYL
while looking around his companions “but the time to complete this mission seems266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd140qq1OUo
awfully scarce considering how far away from reaching the top of that mountain we266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bNVqd2Fc9
still are. I don’t care how small that facility might be, it is still way up there and well,266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5mVOHB48bd
we are still down here. A few hours?! The time alone required for us to get to that top266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKyi5ehvmlM
will easily use them up.”266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwSV86uElP
“That is true but what are you exactly asking me? If I am sure of the amount of time266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwCA4oCtxmk
made available to us, or you just expect something like that to be overlooked?”266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxK4JDHjzkF
“You jest boss, but you know exactly what I am asking. How are we to make it up266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBNSOSNiai0
there?” Dhanel Marce smiles: “Yes of course. Well, there is a transport waiting to take266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD64H3Z1axC
us all the way to the top, right after we cross those soggy woods up ahead. A small train266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9gywwA8WR
station rests amongst the stubborn cliffs overlooking the violent sea, and once there,266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GtkriC6Nv
we will take the train that transports any and all cargo towards that facility.”266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5l7Zs8AuMk
“Excuse me... a train?” asked Deena. “Indeed, a train that will take us up the stream266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72NRtVcE2T
if you will. There is nothing electric about it when it comes to how it is powered so266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3hOMoGZcW
the EMP shouldn’t have any influence on it. Its engine is much like the trains of old266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOhnNKD0Vw
running on steam so its motion should not be hindered. We will lack the electrics266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrdnnDSF7e
aboard but that tells little to us; no lights inside the cart and no voice to greet us, but266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4CCFj6u7mq
that is about it. What matters is that it will take us up there and will do so at a good266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXU1HuEmoRH
speed. Just picture it as a train that runs vertically instead of horizontally.”266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCPVBsZC0aP
“It cannot be just that...” Harigar Rhim stares at that mountain “Without any266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjs3jJUTPNr
assistance of electrics how is it capable of moving alongside that mountain? I mean its266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8qjPDqgik
tracks must stand almost vertical at times and there is no way it can run on them on266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKux92UBxxI
metal wheels alone.”266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJslwvsib9q
“You will all see.” their captain continues “I have travelled in one of these before,266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2Q30vGBDz
long ago, and I do use the term loosely. Both of us, myself and the one I was with266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4A1YpAgUHx
at that time, well we weren’t actually inside the train when we caught a ride on it.266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdG8Z6a8rp
Hanging desperately to it is more like it. Anyway, it is nothing new by any means, but266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10cXUEErJI
just something seldom utilized for how often does one find the need to travel both fast266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcEhVVM5QN0
and vertically, in a way that an elevator won’t cut it. The ride should not take us more266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdXomDVpCLp
than twenty minutes at best.”266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1pg1Hs9l5
“So, this transport will deliver us inside the facility?”266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Bunfbl0iI
“I am afraid not Celle, as per these schematics” Dhanel Marce shows them to her266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcLT8k3hlL
“it will instead drop us off in the second building, more explicitly inside the warehouse266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7wm46W2Ohh
where loaders and other similar machinery take shelter. There are three buildings atop266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2r239mTTi
that mountain: the facility, but also the warehouse where all sorts of things are stored266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTOsVu7ywp
within, and of course loaded into the train or relieved from it. That is where we will266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgipAXx6ulC
step out. Lastly, the smallest of the three and built slightly apart from the other two;266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNOVU8Zemy
where all the main electric settings are, such as generators, conductors, that sort of266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4L3ax5ypIq
thing. The train will drop us off and after that, once we step outside, things will surely266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxlwwiGCkhk
be placed in a better perspective.”266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRodyjyM1YE
“Sir if I may... unofficially... I mean off the record; do you have any idea about...”266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29umI2CmRT
“Deena, wait!” Celle extends her right arm making her stop “Someone else is here...”
