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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.                ¨¨¨^«\^§@#
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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).        ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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