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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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