###@@==--. .--==@@###
@===---... ...---===@
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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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