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Chapter Six305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2Wt1qx9O0
“Sixth Finger”
They listened carefully for every step of the way until Dhanel Marce concluded,305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjREObJQFI2
as he always does, with the already familiar question. They stared at each305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrREQTELOaq
other for the next couple of steps, silently as if trying to decide who among305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHxt2PRzxW
them should go first, but eventually Harigar Rhim would decide for them. He took305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3l4UHCXLs
the opportunity before any mutual agreement came to be, but they all would have their305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWC5m4fL5kk
chance regardless, if so willing...305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQdr7Nqw0X
“So, I’ll start with the more obvious question and not just to me, I hope” he smirks305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg23R0xPo4W
while looking around his companions “but the time to complete this mission seems305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3iFKdelFhi
awfully scarce considering how far away from reaching the top of that mountain we305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFccvaXQUl
still are. I don’t care how small that facility might be, it is still way up there and well,305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Nu9jIiHaK
we are still down here. A few hours?! The time alone required for us to get to that top305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcEIIcom1ol
will easily use them up.”305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5CaVVVBgJ
“That is true but what are you exactly asking me? If I am sure of the amount of time305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NLyOxU53t
made available to us, or you just expect something like that to be overlooked?”305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKB8lxAoz7Q
“You jest boss, but you know exactly what I am asking. How are we to make it up305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMVym5safA
there?” Dhanel Marce smiles: “Yes of course. Well, there is a transport waiting to take305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzWfWxulyk
us all the way to the top, right after we cross those soggy woods up ahead. A small train305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5tc1Vr3ew
station rests amongst the stubborn cliffs overlooking the violent sea, and once there,305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAR7yZeCjGR
we will take the train that transports any and all cargo towards that facility.”305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaa3CBrkKCh
“Excuse me... a train?” asked Deena. “Indeed, a train that will take us up the stream305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdXMLvijqD
if you will. There is nothing electric about it when it comes to how it is powered so305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRKoYBs7Oo
the EMP shouldn’t have any influence on it. Its engine is much like the trains of old305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5h9NcqrbFC
running on steam so its motion should not be hindered. We will lack the electrics305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSN3yIqBsS
aboard but that tells little to us; no lights inside the cart and no voice to greet us, but305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5aTV7C1uL9
that is about it. What matters is that it will take us up there and will do so at a good305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5mfKpMJ5H2
speed. Just picture it as a train that runs vertically instead of horizontally.”305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJ4vn8A5ur
“It cannot be just that...” Harigar Rhim stares at that mountain “Without any305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMt6ibIgQyK
assistance of electrics how is it capable of moving alongside that mountain? I mean its305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonOUaCaNsv
tracks must stand almost vertical at times and there is no way it can run on them on305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJYhG1sw8q
metal wheels alone.”305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjeU5jVJJ3J
“You will all see.” their captain continues “I have travelled in one of these before,305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxknviS6XlW
long ago, and I do use the term loosely. Both of us, myself and the one I was with305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw30NtfAZXh
at that time, well we weren’t actually inside the train when we caught a ride on it.305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJhGvHVs1nf
Hanging desperately to it is more like it. Anyway, it is nothing new by any means, but305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvl6BAjxsOo
just something seldom utilized for how often does one find the need to travel both fast305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25lqXtKM6J
and vertically, in a way that an elevator won’t cut it. The ride should not take us more305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiYA73qLydb
than twenty minutes at best.”305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ39LgFA3xnZ
“So, this transport will deliver us inside the facility?”305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUlfLmKBXa
“I am afraid not Celle, as per these schematics” Dhanel Marce shows them to her305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrYiHCwTbRi
“it will instead drop us off in the second building, more explicitly inside the warehouse305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9pcdEft6L
where loaders and other similar machinery take shelter. There are three buildings atop305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2S6L3JRqP
that mountain: the facility, but also the warehouse where all sorts of things are stored305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDeC12ZpTnL
within, and of course loaded into the train or relieved from it. That is where we will305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHU6aIc7cN
step out. Lastly, the smallest of the three and built slightly apart from the other two;305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL8Huvn0774
where all the main electric settings are, such as generators, conductors, that sort of305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZuvloZHF72
thing. The train will drop us off and after that, once we step outside, things will surely305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCAT6MuUwT
be placed in a better perspective.”305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjuzvBqOSP
“Sir if I may... unofficially... I mean off the record; do you have any idea about...”305Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0KYEqZpt7
“Deena, wait!” Celle extends her right arm making her stop “Someone else is here...”
