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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 ¨^»****&&§
####&$*»^¨ YOU WOULD SEE THE MIST ROLLING BY, AND ¨^»*$###
###§&$*»^¨ PERHAPS THE OUTLINE OF SOME OTHER ¨^»*$&§###
###§&$*»^¨ BUILDING, FAR BELOW. ¨^»*$&§###
§$**^^¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨^^**$§
###§&$*»^¨ DURING THE NIGHT, AFTER TAINARON HAS ¨^»*$&§###
###§&$*»^¨ STARTED MOVING, THE LOWER FLOORS ARE ¨^»*$&§###
###§&$*»^¨ SHUT OFF, PREVENTING ENTRY OR EXIT FOR ¨^»*$&§###
#&$»»»¨¨¨¨ THE GUESTS. FOOD IS NO LONGER SERVED, ¨¨¨¨»»»$
###§&$*»^¨ BUT THE DRINKS BECOME MORE EXTRAVAGANT. ¨^»*$&§###
#&$$»»¨¨¨¨ IT'S AT THIS POINT THAT THE SECOND SET ¨¨¨¨»»$$
#&$»^¨¨¨¨¨ OF GUEST ARRIVES, VIA HELICOPTER - ¨¨¨¨¨^»$
#§$»^¨¨¨¨¨ AMATA TEXNOLOGIYASI AND THEIR FRIENDS. ¨¨¨¨¨^»$§#
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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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