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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 ¶¶#%%~~...
..~;%$#¶¶# A THOUSAND ROBOTIC LEGS TO ANOTHER #¶¶#$%;~..
..~;%$$#¶¶ (SECRET) PART OF TOWN, OR PERHAPS OUT ¶¶#$$%;~..
..~;%$#¶## TO SEA. THIS SIGNALS A NEW AND MORE ##¶#$%;~..
..~;%$#¶## VISCIOUS PHASE OF THE TAINARON ##¶#$%;~..
..~;%$$$¶# ECOSYSTEM. #¶$$$%;~..
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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, #¶#%%;~...
..~;%%$#¶# UNTIL THE AIR INSIDE HAS TAKEN ON THE #¶#$%%;~..
..~;%$#¶## SAME QUALITY AS THE SURROUNDING MIST: ##¶#$%;~..
..~;%$$$$# BLUE-GRAY, SPRINKLED WITH THE SMALL RED #$$$$%;~..
..~;%$#¶## DOT'S BY DOOR LOCKS AND CONTROL PANELS. ##¶#$%;~..
..~;%#¶### IF YOU WOULD LOOK THROUGH THE WINDOWS ###¶#%;~..
.......~%# YOU WOULD SEE THE MIST ROLLING BY, AND #%~.......
....~~~%$¶ PERHAPS THE OUTLINE OF SOME OTHER ¶$%~~~....
...~~;;$#¶ BUILDING, FAR BELOW. ¶#$;;~~...
..~;%$#¶## ##¶#$%;~..
..~;%$#¶## DURING THE NIGHT, AFTER TAINARON HAS ##¶#$%;~..
..~;%$#¶## STARTED MOVING, THE LOWER FLOORS ARE ##¶#$%;~..
.......~%# SHUT OFF, PREVENTING ENTRY OR EXIT FOR #%~.......
.....;$### THE GUESTS. FOOD IS NO LONGER SERVED, ###$;.....
..~%$#¶### BUT THE DRINKS BECOME MORE EXTRAVAGANT. ###¶#$%~..
......;%#¶ IT'S AT THIS POINT THAT THE SECOND SET ¶#%;......
..~;%#¶### OF GUEST ARRIVES, VIA HELICOPTER - ###¶#%;~..
..~;%$#¶## AMATA TEXNOLOGIYASI AND THEIR FRIENDS. ##¶#$%;~..
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..~;%$#¶## ~~~~~ ##¶#$%;~..
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..~;%%%%## IN MY DREAM I AM INVITED AS A FRIEND OF ##%%%%;~..
..~;%$#### ONE OF THE SERVERS, AND THUS SAFE. WE ####$%;~..
.......~%# SIT IN ONE OF THE LARGE WINDOWS, #%~.......
...~;;;%%# LOOKING THROUGH THE MIST FOR ANY #%%;;;~...
..~;%$¶### LANDMARKS TO PIERCE THROUGH THE MIST. ###¶$%;~..
..~;;;;%#¶ SHE TELLS ME THAT APART FROM COMING AND ¶#%;;;;~..
......;$#¶ GOING FROM WORK, SHE'S NEVER SEEN THE ¶#$;......
..~;%$$$$¶ BUILDING FROM THE OUTSIDE. WE BOTH SIGH. ¶$$$$%;~..
..~;%$#¶## ##¶#$%;~..
....;%$$¶¶ THE NEXT DAY I AM INVITED TO THE PUBLIC ¶¶$$%;....
..~~~;;%## DEMONSTRATION OF THE EXOBUBBLE. ##%;;~~~..
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