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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.           .:-^%%####
#£%^-::...                                          ...::-^%£#
£££#%%^-:. 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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