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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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