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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 ....†††%
#@#&%$†-.. ROUGHLY SIXTY FLOORS HIGH (REAL NUMBER ..-†$%@#
#%$$$-.... UNKNOWN), DARK BLUE AND COMPLETELY ....-$$$%#
#@#&%$†-.. RECTANGULAR. IT FEATURES NO SIGNS, ..-†$%@#
@#&&%$†-.. LIGHTS, OR ORNAMENTS, APART FROM A ..-†$%&@
#@#&%$†-.. HELIPAD ON TOP. MOST FLOORS HAVE ..-†$%@#
#%%%%$†-.. EXTERIOR WALLS COMPLETELY MADE OF GLASS. ..-†$%%%%#
#@#&%$†-.. ..-†$%@#
#@#&%$†-.. IN LATE EVENINGS, SHROUDED BY MALMö'S ..-†$%@#
#&%$††-... SIGNATURE FOG ROLLING IN FROM THE SEA, ...-††$%
#@#&%$†-.. THE BUILDING COMES TO LIFE: IT MOVES ON ..-†$%@#
#@#&%$†-.. A THOUSAND ROBOTIC LEGS TO ANOTHER ..-†$%@#
#&%$$†--.. (SECRET) PART OF TOWN, OR PERHAPS OUT ..--†$$%
@@#&%$†-.. TO SEA. THIS SIGNALS A NEW AND MORE ..-†$%@@
#@#&%$†-.. VISCIOUS PHASE OF THE TAINARON ..-†$%@#
#@#&%$†-.. ECOSYSTEM. ..-†$%@#
&%†-...... ......-†%&
#@#&%$†-.. THE GUESTS ARRIVING DURING THE EARLY ..-†$%@#
#%$-...... EVENING ARE TREATED TO FOOD AND DRINK, ......-$%#
#%†....... LIVE MUSIC, BEATUTIFUL VIEWS, AND A .......†%#
@@#&%$†-.. COMFORTABLE BUT MAZE-LIKE INTERIOR ..-†$%@@
&%†-...... STRUCTURE (THE BUILDING FEATURES A ......-†%&
#@#&%$†-.. MULTITUDE OF STAIRWELLS AND ELEVATORS, ..-†$%@#
@##&%$†-.. PLACED SEEMINGLY AT RANDOM, NONE GOING ..-†$%#@
@@#&%$†-.. FURTHER THAN A FEW FLOORS). ..-†$%@@
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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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&$$-...... ONE OF THE SERVERS, AND THUS SAFE. WE ......-$$&
@&&%$$†-.. SIT IN ONE OF THE LARGE WINDOWS, ..-†$$%&&@
##@#&%$†.. LOOKING THROUGH THE MIST FOR ANY ..†$%@##
@&$†...... LANDMARKS TO PIERCE THROUGH THE MIST. ......†$&@
&%%%$--... SHE TELLS ME THAT APART FROM COMING AND ...--$%%%&
##@#&%$†.. GOING FROM WORK, SHE'S NEVER SEEN THE ..†$%@##
#%$$†..... BUILDING FROM THE OUTSIDE. WE BOTH SIGH. .....†$$%#
#&&$††-... ...-††$&
##&$†..... THE NEXT DAY I AM INVITED TO THE PUBLIC .....†$#
#@#&%$†-.. DEMONSTRATION OF THE EXOBUBBLE. ..-†$%@#
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