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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. §§~~~~,...
.,~===§§§§ §§§§===~,.
.....~§§§§ 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). @§§==~....
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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. @@§§==~,,.
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...,,=§§§@ THE NEXT DAY I AM INVITED TO THE PUBLIC @§§§=,,...
.,~=§§§@@# DEMONSTRATION OF THE EXOBUBBLE. #@@§§§=~,.
.,~===§§@@ @@§§===~,.
.,~=§§§@@# #@@§§§=~,.
.,~=§§§@@# #@@§§§=~,.
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