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Chapter Six247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA52Z6Hur5a
“Sixth Finger”
They listened carefully for every step of the way until Dhanel Marce concluded,247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8qYCZJj5Q
as he always does, with the already familiar question. They stared at each247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfuaYDMjfvt
other for the next couple of steps, silently as if trying to decide who among247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTFrEjmCt6
them should go first, but eventually Harigar Rhim would decide for them. He took247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYcdlTm4Otg
the opportunity before any mutual agreement came to be, but they all would have their247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCS2gIvwcG
chance regardless, if so willing...247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ti6ybLMt5
“So, I’ll start with the more obvious question and not just to me, I hope” he smirks247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZN8Fi9e2p
while looking around his companions “but the time to complete this mission seems247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWsIy0pqaO
awfully scarce considering how far away from reaching the top of that mountain we247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJcrlDGn8Hy
still are. I don’t care how small that facility might be, it is still way up there and well,247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡos6hFcvSOX
we are still down here. A few hours?! The time alone required for us to get to that top247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLCG2t2tat
will easily use them up.”247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSwCiY65zfA
“That is true but what are you exactly asking me? If I am sure of the amount of time247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKyeoQe2Cs
made available to us, or you just expect something like that to be overlooked?”247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB71i9it4iv
“You jest boss, but you know exactly what I am asking. How are we to make it up247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQKZt0uuY5
there?” Dhanel Marce smiles: “Yes of course. Well, there is a transport waiting to take247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjJi34H7Bi
us all the way to the top, right after we cross those soggy woods up ahead. A small train247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWblMAviLF
station rests amongst the stubborn cliffs overlooking the violent sea, and once there,247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUwxkxIqo0
we will take the train that transports any and all cargo towards that facility.”247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEnNJiMPmR
“Excuse me... a train?” asked Deena. “Indeed, a train that will take us up the stream247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5IbttSPvhM
if you will. There is nothing electric about it when it comes to how it is powered so247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwhLMtBZdsA
the EMP shouldn’t have any influence on it. Its engine is much like the trains of old247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOHMoJQiLo
running on steam so its motion should not be hindered. We will lack the electrics247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBF1RujmM6
aboard but that tells little to us; no lights inside the cart and no voice to greet us, but247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCEqznMeRB
that is about it. What matters is that it will take us up there and will do so at a good247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxDDDmRwvVi
speed. Just picture it as a train that runs vertically instead of horizontally.”247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEwpdgvI7De
“It cannot be just that...” Harigar Rhim stares at that mountain “Without any247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWa5AUaN1Pz
assistance of electrics how is it capable of moving alongside that mountain? I mean its247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5i4UCdUpI4
tracks must stand almost vertical at times and there is no way it can run on them on247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKoU7LVUY0
metal wheels alone.”247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFzxhvXnMh
“You will all see.” their captain continues “I have travelled in one of these before,247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FjJYMGmHp
long ago, and I do use the term loosely. Both of us, myself and the one I was with247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv64Xs5WYb3
at that time, well we weren’t actually inside the train when we caught a ride on it.247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprbycfIs8B
Hanging desperately to it is more like it. Anyway, it is nothing new by any means, but247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzt3TXO7Mp
just something seldom utilized for how often does one find the need to travel both fast247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNsn1yd9c7
and vertically, in a way that an elevator won’t cut it. The ride should not take us more247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9wwRTnfN1v
than twenty minutes at best.”247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6y1ytZJPxr
“So, this transport will deliver us inside the facility?”247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxl02341Gu
“I am afraid not Celle, as per these schematics” Dhanel Marce shows them to her247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFa23BF0NmS
“it will instead drop us off in the second building, more explicitly inside the warehouse247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mMn7mzZAh
where loaders and other similar machinery take shelter. There are three buildings atop247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepBT5C9kyo
that mountain: the facility, but also the warehouse where all sorts of things are stored247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSS7bJf4u2z
within, and of course loaded into the train or relieved from it. That is where we will247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfKj38aFcm
step out. Lastly, the smallest of the three and built slightly apart from the other two;247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYMM3pYyEB
where all the main electric settings are, such as generators, conductors, that sort of247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijdww8eS4W
thing. The train will drop us off and after that, once we step outside, things will surely247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKULzhL1Hg
be placed in a better perspective.”247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPss5js2ODP
“Sir if I may... unofficially... I mean off the record; do you have any idea about...”247Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNysIYceuO
“Deena, wait!” Celle extends her right arm making her stop “Someone else is here...”
