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“Sixth Finger”
They listened carefully for every step of the way until Dhanel Marce concluded,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB03Yg1ZHH4
as he always does, with the already familiar question. They stared at each191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1KVdr8W4D
other for the next couple of steps, silently as if trying to decide who among191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjF5ucstyG
them should go first, but eventually Harigar Rhim would decide for them. He took191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYT81cosiRZ
the opportunity before any mutual agreement came to be, but they all would have their191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Kg2euYt2c
chance regardless, if so willing...191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahuO4usJ0s
“So, I’ll start with the more obvious question and not just to me, I hope” he smirks191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79saQseORB
while looking around his companions “but the time to complete this mission seems191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFhoJiljxi
awfully scarce considering how far away from reaching the top of that mountain we191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOobsPRbVI
still are. I don’t care how small that facility might be, it is still way up there and well,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡas9V60iJyY
we are still down here. A few hours?! The time alone required for us to get to that top191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrZjSOSQxT
will easily use them up.”191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOKuc9nIBO
“That is true but what are you exactly asking me? If I am sure of the amount of time191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4a64GAkPON
made available to us, or you just expect something like that to be overlooked?”191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1Ni7d2ySu
“You jest boss, but you know exactly what I am asking. How are we to make it up191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOaLv13gbw
there?” Dhanel Marce smiles: “Yes of course. Well, there is a transport waiting to take191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEvZSuSSCH
us all the way to the top, right after we cross those soggy woods up ahead. A small train191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wBJb3xeCi
station rests amongst the stubborn cliffs overlooking the violent sea, and once there,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLWeH56AFw
we will take the train that transports any and all cargo towards that facility.”191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaoT8I7eZWO
“Excuse me... a train?” asked Deena. “Indeed, a train that will take us up the stream191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFNsRMlOjv
if you will. There is nothing electric about it when it comes to how it is powered so191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6ADP5THuH
the EMP shouldn’t have any influence on it. Its engine is much like the trains of old191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50C4v4Ppkw
running on steam so its motion should not be hindered. We will lack the electrics191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9SWDjNK8go
aboard but that tells little to us; no lights inside the cart and no voice to greet us, but191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQkMAqz3rf
that is about it. What matters is that it will take us up there and will do so at a good191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl1UQgcWylw
speed. Just picture it as a train that runs vertically instead of horizontally.”191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5QRRQ7OYb
“It cannot be just that...” Harigar Rhim stares at that mountain “Without any191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRGu3vLVCF
assistance of electrics how is it capable of moving alongside that mountain? I mean its191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBL6UJWolJs
tracks must stand almost vertical at times and there is no way it can run on them on191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnuCwjYrXno
metal wheels alone.”191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJlzE07O9E
“You will all see.” their captain continues “I have travelled in one of these before,191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdf3YrOPlCd
long ago, and I do use the term loosely. Both of us, myself and the one I was with191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7JxpquAmc
at that time, well we weren’t actually inside the train when we caught a ride on it.191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25hZEkIJkE
Hanging desperately to it is more like it. Anyway, it is nothing new by any means, but191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzo9IOrNKmu
just something seldom utilized for how often does one find the need to travel both fast191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2TVCqWdub
and vertically, in a way that an elevator won’t cut it. The ride should not take us more191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8A9CJHfphM
than twenty minutes at best.”191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCtUjtyGuS
“So, this transport will deliver us inside the facility?”191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdWka6dRVY
“I am afraid not Celle, as per these schematics” Dhanel Marce shows them to her191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWiwldEBwWO
“it will instead drop us off in the second building, more explicitly inside the warehouse191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡphK6sEmmfk
where loaders and other similar machinery take shelter. There are three buildings atop191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDNq2vyGCY
that mountain: the facility, but also the warehouse where all sorts of things are stored191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdoK3G4y9X
within, and of course loaded into the train or relieved from it. That is where we will191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv0gfOBTw5e
step out. Lastly, the smallest of the three and built slightly apart from the other two;191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa2GJywjvsR
where all the main electric settings are, such as generators, conductors, that sort of191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopYXvTkJ39
thing. The train will drop us off and after that, once we step outside, things will surely191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqm7Su5dSp
be placed in a better perspective.”191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4PfqbLHfa
“Sir if I may... unofficially... I mean off the record; do you have any idea about...”191Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJn0rP3g5dx
“Deena, wait!” Celle extends her right arm making her stop “Someone else is here...”
