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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. &.&..&&&&&
.&..&..&&& &&&.&....&
&&.&&.&..& 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. .&&.&..&.&
..&&&&.... &.&&&.&&&&
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