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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. £&††«,,,,,
,^«*†&£###                                          ###£&†*«^,
,,,,^««*&£ 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.           ###£&†*«^,
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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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