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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. ....,=**##
#$$$*==,,. she tells me that apart from coming and .,,==*$$$#
##$$^,.... going from work, she's never seen the ....,^$$##
#$^,...... building from the outside. we both sigh. ......,^$#
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####$*^=,. the next day i am invited to the public .,=^*$####
##$^,..... demonstration of the exobubble. .....,^$##
##*=...... ......=*##
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