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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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####$%;~,. THE GUESTS ARRIVING DURING THE EARLY .,~;%$####
###@$%;~,. EVENING ARE TREATED TO FOOD AND DRINK, .,~;%$@###
#@@$$%;~,. LIVE MUSIC, BEATUTIFUL VIEWS, AND A .,~;%$$@@#
##@@$%;~,. COMFORTABLE BUT MAZE-LIKE INTERIOR .,~;%$@@##
##@@$%;~,. STRUCTURE (THE BUILDING FEATURES A .,~;%$@@##
###@$%;~,. MULTITUDE OF STAIRWELLS AND ELEVATORS, .,~;%$@###
@$$;~,.... PLACED SEEMINGLY AT RANDOM, NONE GOING ....,~;$$@
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####@$%;,. AS TIME GOES ON, THE LIGHTS SLOWLY DIM, .,;%$@####
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##$;;~~,,. SAME QUALITY AS THE SURROUNDING MIST: .,,~~;;$##
#@@%~~.... 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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