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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. ..........
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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. .....:»/*&
¤&*/»:.... ....:»/*&¤
£¤&*/»:... »»»»» ...:»/*&¤£
#£¤&*/»:.. ..:»/*&¤£#
##£¤&*/»:. 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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