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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. ¨~-=*@@@##
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#@@@*-~¨¨¨ ----- ¨¨¨~-*@@@#
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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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