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¨,»===††*& &*††===»,¨
¨¨¨¨»»††*& &*††»»¨¨¨¨
¨,»=†*&¶## ##¶&*†=»,¨
¨,»=†*¶### ###¶*†=»,¨
¨¨¨,»===*¶ 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. ¶&&††»¨¨¨¨
¨,»=†*## ###&*†=»,¨
¨,»=†*&¶## ##¶&*†=»,¨
¨,»===***& &***===»,¨
¨,»=†*&&&¶ ¶&&&*†=»,¨
¨,»=†*&¶## ##¶&*†=»,¨