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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).       ###@=†~-..
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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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