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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 ,,,,,,-«%#
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##@#&%/«-, 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 ,-«/%@##
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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 ,-«/%@##
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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 ,-«/%@##
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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 ,-«/%@##
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##@#&%/«-, SHE TELLS ME THAT APART FROM COMING AND ,-«/%@##
##@#&%/«-, GOING FROM WORK, SHE'S NEVER SEEN THE ,-«/%@##
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##@#&%/«-, THE NEXT DAY I AM INVITED TO THE PUBLIC ,-«/%@##
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