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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. ..--~†%&
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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). .-~†%%&@##
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###&%%†~-. 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. ....-††%%&
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##@&%%†~-. 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 .-~†%%%%@@
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