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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 ¨¨¨,~~%§@#
@§§%~¨¨¨¨¨ 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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