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##@§£%^~,¨ TAINARON IS A BUILDING OWNED AND ¨,~^%£§@##
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##@§£%^~,¨ CLOSED TO THE HARBOR IN MALMÖ. IT'S ¨,~^%£§@##
###@£%^~,¨ ROUGHLY SIXTY FLOORS HIGH (REAL NUMBER ¨,~^%£@###
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##@§£%^~,¨ RECTANGULAR. IT FEATURES NO SIGNS, ¨,~^%£§@##
##@§£%^~,¨ LIGHTS, OR ORNAMENTS, APART FROM A ¨,~^%£§@##
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#@@§£%^~,¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~%§
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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, ¨,~^%£§@##
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#§%~,,¨¨¨¨ SAME QUALITY AS THE SURROUNDING MIST: ¨¨¨¨,,~%§#
##@§£%^~,¨ BLUE-GRAY, SPRINKLED WITH THE SMALL RED ¨,~^%£§@##
§£££%^~,,¨ DOT'S BY DOOR LOCKS AND CONTROL PANELS. ¨,,~^%£££§
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#@§§£%^~,¨ 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 ¨¨¨,~%%§@#
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##@§£%^~,¨ IN MY DREAM I AM INVITED AS A FRIEND OF ¨,~^%£§@##
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###@£%^~,¨ 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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