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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). ..&&.&.&&&
.&..&&...& .&.&&&&...
&&.&.&..&. 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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...&.&..&& &&..&...&&
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