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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.                ####£††«^,
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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).       ##££†«««^,
,,,«««†££#                                          #££†«««,,,
,,,,^††££# 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.  ####£††«^,
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,,,,,^«†£#                   «««««                  #£†«^,,,,,
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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. #£†«^^^^,,
,^«††£####                                          ####£††«^,
,^«††£#### the  next day i am invited to the public ####£††«^,
,^«††£####     demonstration of the exobubble.      ####£††«^,
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