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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. &&.&&&&&.&
&.&..&.&&. &.&&....&&
.&&&.&&&.& »»»»» &&&.&...&.
.&..&&..&& &..&&&..&&
&&&.&.&.&. 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. &&..&&...&
&&&.&&...& &.&.&.&..&
...&&.&..& &&&&&&&&.&
&..&.&&&.& ........&&
.&.&&&..&& ........&.
.&&&..&.&. ........&&