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Chapter Six263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdD1BT1lpuE
“Sixth Finger”
They listened carefully for every step of the way until Dhanel Marce concluded,263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUfpZJ7EcS
as he always does, with the already familiar question. They stared at each263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ344ePYFMgA
other for the next couple of steps, silently as if trying to decide who among263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcfaHlxJhy
them should go first, but eventually Harigar Rhim would decide for them. He took263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQ8oiiOz0b
the opportunity before any mutual agreement came to be, but they all would have their263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcH8NQ6zMen
chance regardless, if so willing...263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnes8ueuvQ4
“So, I’ll start with the more obvious question and not just to me, I hope” he smirks263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnhuFZLCVM
while looking around his companions “but the time to complete this mission seems263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqyaVFtpjJ
awfully scarce considering how far away from reaching the top of that mountain we263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy60VYYp8Jz
still are. I don’t care how small that facility might be, it is still way up there and well,263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlyu2IgRztI
we are still down here. A few hours?! The time alone required for us to get to that top263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmBRhGRO8cG
will easily use them up.”263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGKLkumXdD
“That is true but what are you exactly asking me? If I am sure of the amount of time263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Qi7hW4DAB
made available to us, or you just expect something like that to be overlooked?”263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3pvH0jfuK
“You jest boss, but you know exactly what I am asking. How are we to make it up263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzWJjeKmrQe
there?” Dhanel Marce smiles: “Yes of course. Well, there is a transport waiting to take263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6Fd5TnfQR
us all the way to the top, right after we cross those soggy woods up ahead. A small train263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zjhXQmUy8
station rests amongst the stubborn cliffs overlooking the violent sea, and once there,263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpfrovVqbbZ
we will take the train that transports any and all cargo towards that facility.”263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWOhQGuxvH
“Excuse me... a train?” asked Deena. “Indeed, a train that will take us up the stream263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdnMzXmektf
if you will. There is nothing electric about it when it comes to how it is powered so263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizUYtcyIE0
the EMP shouldn’t have any influence on it. Its engine is much like the trains of old263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA3HSdFU2Bo
running on steam so its motion should not be hindered. We will lack the electrics263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSkCixJbej
aboard but that tells little to us; no lights inside the cart and no voice to greet us, but263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvqjz8vShrK
that is about it. What matters is that it will take us up there and will do so at a good263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHjWfnUXe5
speed. Just picture it as a train that runs vertically instead of horizontally.”263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYqp6zImxIw
“It cannot be just that...” Harigar Rhim stares at that mountain “Without any263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCDjuqG64Fk
assistance of electrics how is it capable of moving alongside that mountain? I mean its263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURoKZ64rmT
tracks must stand almost vertical at times and there is no way it can run on them on263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQj8k8Crjgi
metal wheels alone.”263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV81gCJIITs
“You will all see.” their captain continues “I have travelled in one of these before,263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhky9I4w9H8
long ago, and I do use the term loosely. Both of us, myself and the one I was with263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhKA23m9KJV
at that time, well we weren’t actually inside the train when we caught a ride on it.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMdBxr49yC
Hanging desperately to it is more like it. Anyway, it is nothing new by any means, but263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRdAmhstRa
just something seldom utilized for how often does one find the need to travel both fast263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJ2btEGhgu
and vertically, in a way that an elevator won’t cut it. The ride should not take us more263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSsfK2NvPO
than twenty minutes at best.”263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQt6ZnGpksJ
“So, this transport will deliver us inside the facility?”263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4y92Q1dyEt
“I am afraid not Celle, as per these schematics” Dhanel Marce shows them to her263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPUJEh3OdP
“it will instead drop us off in the second building, more explicitly inside the warehouse263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqAMzRHVivF
where loaders and other similar machinery take shelter. There are three buildings atop263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjRW2acG4j
that mountain: the facility, but also the warehouse where all sorts of things are stored263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTGI7gIH4D
within, and of course loaded into the train or relieved from it. That is where we will263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfnlY8GoDp
step out. Lastly, the smallest of the three and built slightly apart from the other two;263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtC6fbQn0mF
where all the main electric settings are, such as generators, conductors, that sort of263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfuiUSjhIRb
thing. The train will drop us off and after that, once we step outside, things will surely263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUSADqNuybm
be placed in a better perspective.”263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4cdgRtaIe7
“Sir if I may... unofficially... I mean off the record; do you have any idea about...”263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLy7BVboiEB
“Deena, wait!” Celle extends her right arm making her stop “Someone else is here...”
