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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, .--;=%#¶##
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#%==;;-... 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 .--;=%#¶##
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