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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. ..&...&&.&
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..&..&..&. ===== .&&.&.&&&.
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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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