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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. ¨¨¨¨««/§§&
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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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