..===::$&¶ ¶&$::===..
..=:*$$&&& &&&$$*:=..
......:$¶¶ ¶¶$:......
......:$ #&$:......
...===*$$& &$$*===...
.=:*$&¶### THE SKYSCRAPER THAT MOVES ###¶&$*:=.
..=:*$&¶¶¶ ¶¶¶&$*:=..
......:$¶# TAINARON IS A BUILDING OWNED AND #¶$:......
..=:*$&¶## OPERATED BY AMATA TEXNOLOGIYASI PLACED ##¶&$*:=..
..=:*$&¶## CLOSED TO THE HARBOR IN MALMÖ. IT'S ##¶&$*:=..
..=:*$&¶## ROUGHLY SIXTY FLOORS HIGH (REAL NUMBER ##¶&$*:=..
.....:*&&¶ UNKNOWN), DARK BLUE AND COMPLETELY ¶&&*:.....
.......=*& RECTANGULAR. IT FEATURES NO SIGNS, &*=.......
..=:*$&&&¶ LIGHTS, OR ORNAMENTS, APART FROM A ¶&&&$*:=..
..=:*$&¶## HELIPAD ON TOP. MOST FLOORS HAVE ##¶&$*:=..
.....=::$& EXTERIOR WALLS COMPLETELY MADE OF GLASS. &$::=.....
...==:$& #&&$:==...
......=:$¶ IN LATE EVENINGS, SHROUDED BY MALMö'S ¶$:=......
.....=*&&& SIGNATURE FOG ROLLING IN FROM THE SEA, &&&*=.....
..=:*$&¶## THE BUILDING COMES TO LIFE: IT MOVES ON ##¶&$*:=..
..=:***&¶¶ A THOUSAND ROBOTIC LEGS TO ANOTHER ¶¶&***:=..
..=:*$&¶¶# (SECRET) PART OF TOWN, OR PERHAPS OUT #¶¶&$*:=..
..=:*$&& TO SEA. THIS SIGNALS A NEW AND MORE #&&&$*:=..
..=:*$&¶## VISCIOUS PHASE OF THE TAINARON ##¶&$*:=..
..=:*$## ECOSYSTEM. ###&$*:=..
..=:*$&¶¶¶ ¶¶¶&$*:=..
..=:*$¶### THE GUESTS ARRIVING DURING THE EARLY ###¶$*:=..
..=:*$$$&& EVENING ARE TREATED TO FOOD AND DRINK, &&$$$*:=..
..=:*$&¶## LIVE MUSIC, BEATUTIFUL VIEWS, AND A ##¶&$*:=..
.....=*$ 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). ##¶&$*:=..
..=:*$&¶## ##¶&$*:=..
.....=*&¶¶ AS TIME GOES ON, THE LIGHTS SLOWLY DIM, ¶¶&*=.....
..==::*& UNTIL THE AIR INSIDE HAS TAKEN ON THE #&&*::==..
......:$ 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. #&*=......
.....==:$¶ IT'S AT THIS POINT THAT THE SECOND SET ¶$:==.....
..=:*$&&&& OF GUEST ARRIVES, VIA HELICOPTER - &&&&$*:=..
..=:*$&¶## AMATA TEXNOLOGIYASI AND THEIR FRIENDS. ##¶&$*:=..
..=:*$$$&¶ ¶&$$$*:=..
......::$& ===== &$::......
..=:*$&¶¶# #¶¶&$*:=..
..=:*$&¶## IN MY DREAM I AM INVITED AS A FRIEND OF ##¶&$*:=..
..=:*$&¶## ONE OF THE SERVERS, AND THUS SAFE. WE ##¶&$*:=..
..=:*$&¶## SIT IN ONE OF THE LARGE WINDOWS, ##¶&$*:=..
......:$¶# LOOKING THROUGH THE MIST FOR ANY #¶$:......
..=:*$&¶## LANDMARKS TO PIERCE THROUGH THE MIST. ##¶&$*:=..
..=:*$&¶## SHE TELLS ME THAT APART FROM COMING AND ##¶&$*:=..
..=:*$&¶## GOING FROM WORK, SHE'S NEVER SEEN THE ##¶&$*:=..
..=:*$&¶## BUILDING FROM THE OUTSIDE. WE BOTH SIGH. ##¶&$*:=..
..=::*$&¶¶ ¶¶&$*::=..
..=:*$## THE NEXT DAY I AM INVITED TO THE PUBLIC ###&$*:=..
..=:*$&¶## DEMONSTRATION OF THE EXOBUBBLE. ##¶&$*:=..
..=:*$&¶## ##¶&$*:=..
..=:****$& &$****:=..
..=:*&¶### ###¶&*:=..
..=:*$&&&& &&&&$*:=..
.....=*&&¶ ¶&&*=.....