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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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