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##¤$=,,,,,        the skyscraper that moves         ,,,,,=$¤##
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###¤$%=«,, tainaron  is  a   building   owned   and ,,«=%$¤###
¤%%=,,,,,,  operated by amata texnologiyasi placed  ,,,,,,=%%¤
###¤$%=«,, closed  to  the  harbor in  malmÖ.  it's ,,«=%$¤###
###¤$%=«,, roughly sixty floors  high  (real number ,,«=%$¤###
###¤$%=«,,    unknown), dark blue and completely    ,,«=%$¤###
¤$===,,,,,    rectangular. it features no signs,    ,,,,,===$¤
###¤$%=«,, lights,  or  ornaments,   apart  from  a ,,«=%$¤###
###¤$%=«,, helipad   on   top.  most  floors   have ,,«=%$¤###
#¤¤¤$%=«,, exterior walls completely made of glass. ,,«=%$¤¤¤#
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###¤$%=«,, in late evenings,  shrouded  by  malmö's ,,«=%$¤###
###¤$%=«,, signature fog  rolling in from  the sea, ,,«=%$¤###
####¤$%«,, the building comes to life: it moves  on ,,«%$¤####
###¤$%=«,, a   thousand  robotic  legs  to  another ,,«=%$¤###
¤$=«,,,,,, (secret)  part of town, or  perhaps  out ,,,,,,«=$¤
¤$%%=««,,, to  sea.  this signals  a  new  and more ,,,««=%%$¤
###¤$%=«,,      viscious phase of the tainaron      ,,«=%$¤###
¤$$=«,,,,,                ecosystem.                ,,,,,«=$$¤
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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 ,,,,«%$$##
###¤$%=«,, sit  in  one   of  the   large  windows, ,,«=%$¤###
###¤$%=«,, looking   through   the   mist  for  any ,,«=%$¤###
###¤$%=«,, landmarks  to  pierce through the  mist. ,,«=%$¤###
###¤$%=«,, she tells me  that apart from coming and ,,«=%$¤###
###¤$%=«,, going  from work,  she's  never seen the ,,«=%$¤###
###¤$%=«,, building from the outside. we both sigh. ,,«=%$¤###
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¤¤¤$$%=«,, the next day i am invited to  the public ,,«=%$$¤¤¤
###¤$%=«,,     demonstration of the exobubble.      ,,«=%$¤###
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