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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. .~-^†%@¶##
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¶¶%†-~~... 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. .~-^†%@¶##
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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. .~-^^^†%%¶
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##¶@%†^-~. THE NEXT DAY I AM INVITED TO THE PUBLIC .~-^†%@¶##
###@%†^-~. DEMONSTRATION OF THE EXOBUBBLE. .~-^†%@###
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