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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 ¨¨¨¨~//†£#
#££$††/~,¨      viscious phase of the tainaron      ¨,~/††$££#
##@£$†/~,¨                ecosystem.                ¨,~/†$£@##
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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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