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