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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.           ¨¨¨¨,†**¤¤
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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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