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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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