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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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##%§§~~¨¨¨ ~~~~~ ¨¨¨~~§§%##
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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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