,^~^*$¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤$*^~^,
,^~^*$¤@## ##@¤$*^~^,
,,^^^^~*$¤ ¤$*~^^^^,,
,^~^*$¤@## ##@¤$*^~^,
,^~^*$¤@## ##@¤$*^~^,
,^~^*$¤### the skyscraper that moves ###¤$*^~^,
,^~^*$¤@## ##@¤$*^~^,
,^~^*$¤@## tainaron is a building owned and ##@¤$*^~^,
,,,,,~~*¤¤ 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. #@¤*~~~^,,
,^~^*$¤@@@ @@@¤$*^~^,
,^~^*$¤@## the next day i am invited to the public ##@¤$*^~^,
,^~^*$¤@@# demonstration of the exobubble. #@@¤$*^~^,
,^~^*$¤### ###¤$*^~^,
,,,,^~~^$¤ ¤$^~~^,,,,
,,,,~^^*¤@ @¤*^^~,,,,
,^~^*$¤@## ##@¤$*^~^,
,^~^*$¤@## ##@¤$*^~^,