¨:-/*@¤@## ##@¤@*/-:¨
¨:-/*@¤#@# #@#¤@*/-:¨
¨:-/*@¤#@@ @@#¤@*/-:¨
¨:-/*@¤#@# #@#¤@*/-:¨
¨:-/*@¤#@@ @@#¤@*/-:¨
¨¨::--*¤¤¤ 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. ###¤@*/-:¨
¨:-/*@¤### ###¤@*/-:¨
¨:-/*@@¤¤# #¤¤@@*/-:¨
¨¨¨¨¨:/*@¤ ¤@*/:¨¨¨¨¨
¨:--//@@¤¤ ¤¤@@//--:¨
¨:-/*@¤##@ @##¤@*/-:¨