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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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