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$/-^,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,^-/$
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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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#@%$/-^,,,                                          ,,,^-/$%@#
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