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.-«:$¶@# #@¶#&$:«-.
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.-«:$¶@@ @@¶#&$:«-.
....«$¶¶ ¶¶#&$«....
.....««:&¶ THE SKYSCRAPER THAT MOVES ¶&:««.....
.-«:$¶@# #@¶#&$:«-.
.-«:$### TAINARON IS A BUILDING OWNED AND ####&$:«-.
.-«:$¶@# OPERATED BY AMATA TEXNOLOGIYASI PLACED #@¶#&$:«-.
.-«:$¶@# CLOSED TO THE HARBOR IN MALMÖ. IT'S #@¶#&$:«-.
.-«:$¶@# ROUGHLY SIXTY FLOORS HIGH (REAL NUMBER #@¶#&$:«-.
.....-:$&¶ UNKNOWN), DARK BLUE AND COMPLETELY ¶&$:-.....
...---:&¶@ RECTANGULAR. IT FEATURES NO SIGNS, @¶&:---...
.-«:$##@ LIGHTS, OR ORNAMENTS, APART FROM A @###&$:«-.
.-«:$¶@# HELIPAD ON TOP. MOST FLOORS HAVE #@¶#&$:«-.
.-«:$¶## EXTERIOR WALLS COMPLETELY MADE OF GLASS. ##¶#&$:«-.
...««:&¶ ¶#&&:««...
.-«:$¶## IN LATE EVENINGS, SHROUDED BY MALMö'S ##¶#&$:«-.
......-:&¶ SIGNATURE FOG ROLLING IN FROM THE SEA, ¶&:-......
....«:¶¶ THE BUILDING COMES TO LIFE: IT MOVES ON ¶¶#&:«....
.-«:$¶@# A THOUSAND ROBOTIC LEGS TO ANOTHER #@¶#&$:«-.
.-«:$¶@# (SECRET) PART OF TOWN, OR PERHAPS OUT #@¶#&$:«-.
.-«:$¶@# TO SEA. THIS SIGNALS A NEW AND MORE #@¶#&$:«-.
......-: VISCIOUS PHASE OF THE TAINARON #&:-......
.-«:::$&¶¶ ECOSYSTEM. ¶¶&$:::«-.
.-«:$¶@# #@¶#&$:«-.
.-«:$#¶@## THE GUESTS ARRIVING DURING THE EARLY ##@¶#$:«-.
....-::$&¶ EVENING ARE TREATED TO FOOD AND DRINK, ¶&$::-....
.-«:$$$### LIVE MUSIC, BEATUTIFUL VIEWS, AND A ###$$$:«-.
....«:$&&¶ COMFORTABLE BUT MAZE-LIKE INTERIOR ¶&&$:«....
......-:$# STRUCTURE (THE BUILDING FEATURES A #$:-......
.-«««««$## MULTITUDE OF STAIRWELLS AND ELEVATORS, ##$«««««-.
...-:::$&¶ PLACED SEEMINGLY AT RANDOM, NONE GOING ¶&$:::-...
....-«:$#@ FURTHER THAN A FEW FLOORS). @#$:«-....
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.-«:$¶@# AS TIME GOES ON, THE LIGHTS SLOWLY DIM, #@¶#&$:«-.
.-«:$$## UNTIL THE AIR INSIDE HAS TAKEN ON THE ###&$$:«-.
....«$$$#¶ SAME QUALITY AS THE SURROUNDING MIST: ¶#$$$«....
.-«:$¶@# BLUE-GRAY, SPRINKLED WITH THE SMALL RED #@¶#&$:«-.
.-«:$$$#¶@ DOT'S BY DOOR LOCKS AND CONTROL PANELS. @¶#$$$:«-.
...«:$$¶ IF YOU WOULD LOOK THROUGH THE WINDOWS ¶#&$$:«...
.....«$@ YOU WOULD SEE THE MIST ROLLING BY, AND @#&$«.....
.-«:$&&# PERHAPS THE OUTLINE OF SOME OTHER ##&&&$:«-.
.-«:$¶@# BUILDING, FAR BELOW. #@¶#&$:«-.
..-««::& #&&::««-..
.-«:$¶@# DURING THE NIGHT, AFTER TAINARON HAS #@¶#&$:«-.
.....-««$# STARTED MOVING, THE LOWER FLOORS ARE #$««-.....
.-«:$¶@@ SHUT OFF, PREVENTING ENTRY OR EXIT FOR @@¶#&$:«-.
.-«:$@## THE GUESTS. FOOD IS NO LONGER SERVED, ##@#&$:«-.
.-«:$¶¶¶ BUT THE DRINKS BECOME MORE EXTRAVAGANT. ¶¶¶#&$:«-.
.-«:$¶¶¶ IT'S AT THIS POINT THAT THE SECOND SET ¶¶¶#&$:«-.
.-«:$¶@# OF GUEST ARRIVES, VIA HELICOPTER - #@¶#&$:«-.
.-«:$¶@# AMATA TEXNOLOGIYASI AND THEIR FRIENDS. #@¶#&$:«-.
....«:¶¶ ¶¶#&:«....
.-«:$¶@# ««««« #@¶#&$:«-.
.-«:$¶@# #@¶#&$:«-.
.-«:$&¶@## IN MY DREAM I AM INVITED AS A FRIEND OF ##@¶&$:«-.
....««$#¶@ ONE OF THE SERVERS, AND THUS SAFE. WE @¶#$««....
.....-:&&¶ SIT IN ONE OF THE LARGE WINDOWS, ¶&&:-.....
.-«:$&&&¶¶ LOOKING THROUGH THE MIST FOR ANY ¶¶&&&$:«-.
..--«:$&¶¶ LANDMARKS TO PIERCE THROUGH THE MIST. ¶¶&$:«--..
.-«:$&&&¶@ SHE TELLS ME THAT APART FROM COMING AND @¶&&&$:«-.
.-«:$¶@# GOING FROM WORK, SHE'S NEVER SEEN THE #@¶#&$:«-.
.-«:$¶@# BUILDING FROM THE OUTSIDE. WE BOTH SIGH. #@¶#&$:«-.
.-«:$¶@@ @@¶#&$:«-.
.-«$¶@## THE NEXT DAY I AM INVITED TO THE PUBLIC ##@¶#&$«-.
.-«:$¶@@ DEMONSTRATION OF THE EXOBUBBLE. @@¶#&$:«-.
.-«:$¶@# #@¶#&$:«-.
.-«:$¶## ##¶#&$:«-.
.-«$¶@## ##@¶#&$«-.
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