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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 £¤*«^^^^^¨
¨^«^*¤¤£##      demonstration of the exobubble.     ##£¤¤*^«^¨
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