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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. ....&.&..&
..&&&.&&&& ....&&&&.&
&.&..&&... 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. ..&....&..
...&....&& ..&&...&&.
...&&...&. ««««« ..&.&..&.&
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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. ..&.&&&..&
&&.&..&.&& &.&&&..&.&
..&&&.&&&. THE NEXT DAY I AM INVITED TO THE PUBLIC &&&..&.&&&
&.&..&&..& DEMONSTRATION OF THE EXOBUBBLE. &..&.&&&..
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