##@#%$:=,¨ ¨,=:$%#@##
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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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