,,,,,,-†*#                                          #*†-,,,,,,
,,-†††$$$#                                          #$$$†††-,,
,,-†*$##@#                                          #@##$*†-,,
,,,,,-*$$#                                          #$$*-,,,,,
,,-†*$##@#                                          #@##$*†-,,
,,-†*$##@#         the skyscraper that moves        #@##$*†-,,
,,-†*$$##@                                          @##$$*†-,,
,,,,,,-*$# tainaron  is   a   building   owned  and #$*-,,,,,,
,,-†*$##@#  operated by amata texnologiyasi placed  #@##$*†-,,
,,,,,--*## 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. #**-,,,,,,
,,-†*$$$#@                                          @#$$$*†-,,
,,-†*$##@@ the next  day i am invited to the public @@##$*†-,,
,,-†*$###@     demonstration of the exobubble.      @###$*†-,,
,,†*$##@##                                          ##@##$*†,,
,,-†*$##@@                                          @@##$*†-,,
,,-*$##@##                                          ##@##$*-,,
,,,,,,,-*#                                          #*-,,,,,,,
,,-†*$####                                          ####$*†-,,