..=\^&@### ###@&^\=..
...===\^^@ @^^\===...
....==^^@# #@^^==....
..=\^&@### ###@&^\=..
..=\^&@### ###@&^\=..
..=\^&@### 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. ###@&^\=..
..=\^&@### ###@&^\=..
..=\^&@### ###@&^\=..
..=\^&@### ###@&^\=..
..=\^&@@## ##@@&^\=..
..=\^&@### ###@&^\=..