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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. ##¶@$†«,,,
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,,,«†$@¶## 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 $†«,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,«† to  sea.  this signals  a  new and  more †«,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,«      viscious phase of the tainaron      «,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,«†                ecosystem.                †«,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,«†$                                          $†«,,,,,,,
,,,,,,«†$@ 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.           ##¶@$†«,,,
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,,,«†$@¶## 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. $†«,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,«† it's at  this point that  the second set †«,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,« of  guest  arrives,  via   helicopter  - «,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,«†  amata texnologiyasi and their friends.  †«,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,«†$@                  «««««                   @$†«,,,,,,
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,,,,«†$@¶# 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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