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¨:~=%§#¶## THE SKYSCRAPER THAT MOVES ##¶#§%=~:¨
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¨:~=%§##¶¶ 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. #%~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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¨:~=%§#¶## 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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