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.:-/%%§£## 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      ##£§%%/-:.
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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 ###§%%/-:.
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.:-/%%§£## 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 ##£§%%/-:.
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....--%%§§ SHUT OFF, PREVENTING  ENTRY  OR EXIT FOR §§%%--....
.:-/%%§£## THE  GUESTS.  FOOD IS NO LONGER  SERVED, ##£§%%/-:.
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.:-/%%§££# 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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.:-/%%§£##      DEMONSTRATION OF THE EXOBUBBLE.     ##£§%%/-:.
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