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Chapter Six267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODZMLpAqqr
“Sixth Finger”
They listened carefully for every step of the way until Dhanel Marce concluded,267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsZEfnHuhZ
as he always does, with the already familiar question. They stared at each267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXcTIaIM3ky
other for the next couple of steps, silently as if trying to decide who among267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv72tp4EPSB
them should go first, but eventually Harigar Rhim would decide for them. He took267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUmJtbocgE
the opportunity before any mutual agreement came to be, but they all would have their267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaykMIWh8i2
chance regardless, if so willing...267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOyJRzMpjr1
“So, I’ll start with the more obvious question and not just to me, I hope” he smirks267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUiqfGSfZug
while looking around his companions “but the time to complete this mission seems267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5uCXxcRU9z
awfully scarce considering how far away from reaching the top of that mountain we267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNv25LwEsf
still are. I don’t care how small that facility might be, it is still way up there and well,267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmBXYqzOjI
we are still down here. A few hours?! The time alone required for us to get to that top267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1GkJye6eB
will easily use them up.”267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjuJzxqI9PL
“That is true but what are you exactly asking me? If I am sure of the amount of time267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFkPmSOPTO
made available to us, or you just expect something like that to be overlooked?”267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedoNXYgGdB
“You jest boss, but you know exactly what I am asking. How are we to make it up267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgtCyIAldb
there?” Dhanel Marce smiles: “Yes of course. Well, there is a transport waiting to take267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC05mXNcw2b
us all the way to the top, right after we cross those soggy woods up ahead. A small train267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xFwK1948c
station rests amongst the stubborn cliffs overlooking the violent sea, and once there,267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrI5rBlDYR
we will take the train that transports any and all cargo towards that facility.”267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8I3849VmR2
“Excuse me... a train?” asked Deena. “Indeed, a train that will take us up the stream267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoAEeNS7mtx
if you will. There is nothing electric about it when it comes to how it is powered so267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfFipGeYbS
the EMP shouldn’t have any influence on it. Its engine is much like the trains of old267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVy0AUw7CWM
running on steam so its motion should not be hindered. We will lack the electrics267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFTersXoTY
aboard but that tells little to us; no lights inside the cart and no voice to greet us, but267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDucwmWuW0p
that is about it. What matters is that it will take us up there and will do so at a good267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6m11agJomd
speed. Just picture it as a train that runs vertically instead of horizontally.”267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkDtD1LerRb
“It cannot be just that...” Harigar Rhim stares at that mountain “Without any267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIPqZB1yza
assistance of electrics how is it capable of moving alongside that mountain? I mean its267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJHBdYbm0A
tracks must stand almost vertical at times and there is no way it can run on them on267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAUpxlVCrE
metal wheels alone.”267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeXhTqLEJqb
“You will all see.” their captain continues “I have travelled in one of these before,267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZxvuOkckp
long ago, and I do use the term loosely. Both of us, myself and the one I was with267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1zx28sQ3q
at that time, well we weren’t actually inside the train when we caught a ride on it.267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68aGOQiZEQ
Hanging desperately to it is more like it. Anyway, it is nothing new by any means, but267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrYqnf5YMku
just something seldom utilized for how often does one find the need to travel both fast267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMeVmRcVoCx
and vertically, in a way that an elevator won’t cut it. The ride should not take us more267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAGPYtvXgjL
than twenty minutes at best.”267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKEOcxQPvm
“So, this transport will deliver us inside the facility?”267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPExyYtlINs
“I am afraid not Celle, as per these schematics” Dhanel Marce shows them to her267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJRD5QP7NN
“it will instead drop us off in the second building, more explicitly inside the warehouse267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQnUTNTF9V
where loaders and other similar machinery take shelter. There are three buildings atop267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYcWwU3FBxj
that mountain: the facility, but also the warehouse where all sorts of things are stored267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCnVIN0UFh
within, and of course loaded into the train or relieved from it. That is where we will267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQug4KKWz9g
step out. Lastly, the smallest of the three and built slightly apart from the other two;267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBixuVcH08w
where all the main electric settings are, such as generators, conductors, that sort of267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqW5Ck2rnjx
thing. The train will drop us off and after that, once we step outside, things will surely267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPg9R9REyP
be placed in a better perspective.”267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrc0hA8nXj
“Sir if I may... unofficially... I mean off the record; do you have any idea about...”267Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjl2yKgg3c
“Deena, wait!” Celle extends her right arm making her stop “Someone else is here...”
