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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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