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&...&&...& THE SKYSCRAPER THAT MOVES &&....&&.&
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&&&.&&&&.& 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. ..&&&..&&.
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&.&.&..&&& 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. .&&&..&.&&
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.&.&&&&&.& 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. &..&..&.&&
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&&&&.....& 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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