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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. ¨--†%%%%%#
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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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