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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. ...&.&..&&
&&..&&.... ..&&&&.&.&
.&.&.&...& 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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