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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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