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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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#@#£%$^«-¨ in late evenings, shrouded by malmö's ¨-«^$%£#@#
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##@£%$^«-¨ the building comes to life: it moves on ¨-«^$%£@##
##@£%$^«-¨ a thousand robotic legs to another ¨-«^$%£@##
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#@#£%$^«-¨ to sea. this signals a new and more ¨-«^$%£#@#
@#%^«-¨¨¨¨ 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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