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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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