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#@#§*$=~,. THE SKYSCRAPER THAT MOVES .,~=$*§#@#
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##@#§*=~,. TAINARON IS A BUILDING OWNED AND .,~=*§#@##
#@#§*$=~,. OPERATED BY AMATA TEXNOLOGIYASI PLACED .,~=$*§#@#
@@#§*$=~,. CLOSED TO THE HARBOR IN MALMÖ. IT'S .,~=$*§#@@
#§§*$==~,. ROUGHLY SIXTY FLOORS HIGH (REAL NUMBER .,~==$*§§#
#@#§*$=~,. UNKNOWN), DARK BLUE AND COMPLETELY .,~=$*§#@#
§$~~...... RECTANGULAR. IT FEATURES NO SIGNS, ......~~$§
#@#§*$=~,. LIGHTS, OR ORNAMENTS, APART FROM A .,~=$*§#@#
##@#*$=~,. HELIPAD ON TOP. MOST FLOORS HAVE .,~=$*#@##
@@#§*$=~,. EXTERIOR WALLS COMPLETELY MADE OF GLASS. .,~=$*§#@@
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#@#§*$=~,. IN LATE EVENINGS, SHROUDED BY MALMö'S .,~=$*§#@#
##*=~,.... 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 ......,=*§
@§$=,,,... COMFORTABLE BUT MAZE-LIKE INTERIOR ...,,,=$§@
#@#§*$=~,. STRUCTURE (THE BUILDING FEATURES A .,~=$*§#@#
§*$~,..... MULTITUDE OF STAIRWELLS AND ELEVATORS, .....,~$*§
@§§**$=~,. PLACED SEEMINGLY AT RANDOM, NONE GOING .,~=$**§§@
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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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§$=~~,,... ONE OF THE SERVERS, AND THUS SAFE. WE ...,,~~=$§
#@#§*$=~,. SIT IN ONE OF THE LARGE WINDOWS, .,~=$*§#@#
#@#§*$=~,. LOOKING THROUGH THE MIST FOR ANY .,~=$*§#@#
###§*$=~,. LANDMARKS TO PIERCE THROUGH THE MIST. .,~=$*§###
@@#§*$=~,. SHE TELLS ME THAT APART FROM COMING AND .,~=$*§#@@
###§*$=~,. GOING FROM WORK, SHE'S NEVER SEEN THE .,~=$*§###
@#*$=~.... BUILDING FROM THE OUTSIDE. WE BOTH SIGH. ....~=$*#@
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###§*$=~,. THE NEXT DAY I AM INVITED TO THE PUBLIC .,~=$*§###
@#§$=~.... DEMONSTRATION OF THE EXOBUBBLE. ....~=$§#@
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