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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. .....~-$$¤
¤$^~~..... if you would look through the windows .....~~^$¤
@@¤¤¤$^-~. you would see the mist rolling by, and .~-^$¤¤¤@@
@¤¤¤$-.... perhaps the outline of some other ....-$¤¤¤@
##@¤¤$^-~. building, far below. .~-^$¤¤@##
#¤$$^-~... ...~-^$$¤#
@¤¤¤¤$^-~. during the night, after tainaron has .~-^$¤¤¤¤@
##@¤¤$^-~. started moving, the lower floors are .~-^$¤¤@##
#¤$$$^~... 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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