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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 ,,,,,,«:%@
%:«,,,,,,,        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.           ,,,,,,,«:%
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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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