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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).        #¤%†~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,~†%¤##                                          ##¤%†~,¨¨¨
¨¨,~†%¤##@ 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.  ¤%†~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,~†%                                          %†~,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~†                   ~~~~~                  †~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,~†%                                          %†~,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,~†%¤ 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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