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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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