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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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