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&..&&&&&.. ..&&&.....
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&&&...&&.& 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. .&.&.&&&&.
..&&...&.. &&&&&...&.
.&.&..&&.. ----- ....&..&&.
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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. &.&..&&&&&
.&&&.&.&.. &&&.&.....
&..&&&&&.. THE NEXT DAY I AM INVITED TO THE PUBLIC ..&&&.....
&.&....&.. DEMONSTRATION OF THE EXOBUBBLE. .&..&....&
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