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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 ##†*==,,,,
,,=*†$#### helipad  on   top.  most   floors   have ####$†*=,,
,,=*†$#### exterior walls completely made of glass. ####$†*=,,
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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.                ##†**,,,,,
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,,,,=††### the guests  arriving  during  the  early ###††=,,,,
,,=*†$#### evening  are treated to  food and drink, ####$†*=,,
,,=*†$#### live  music,  beatutiful  views,  and  a ####$†*=,,
,,=*†$####    comfortable but maze-like interior    ####$†*=,,
,,=*†$####    structure (the building features a    ####$†*=,,
,,=*†$####  multitude of stairwells and elevators,  ####$†*=,,
,,=*†$#### placed seemingly at  random,  none going ####$†*=,,
,,=*†$####        further than a few floors).       ####$†*=,,
,,,,**$###                                          ###$**,,,,
,=*†$##### as time goes  on, the lights slowly dim, #####$†*=,
,,=*†$#### until the  air  inside has  taken on the ####$†*=,,
,,,,,=†### same quality as  the  surrounding  mist: ###†=,,,,,
,,,==†$### blue-gray, sprinkled  with the small red ###$†==,,,
,,=*†$$### dot's by door  locks and control panels. ###$$†*=,,
,,=*†$#### if you would  look  through  the windows ####$†*=,,
,,=*†$$$$# you  would see the  mist rolling by, and #$$$$†*=,,
,,=*†$#### perhaps  the  outline   of  some   other ####$†*=,,
,,,,***†##           building, far below.           ##†***,,,,
,,=*†$####                                          ####$†*=,,
,,=*†$#### during the  night,  after  tainaron  has ####$†*=,,
,,,,,***†# started moving,  the  lower  floors  are #†***,,,,,
,,=*†$#### shut off, preventing entry  or exit  for ####$†*=,,
,,=*†$#### the guests. food  is  no longer  served, ####$†*=,,
,,=*†$#### but the drinks  become more extravagant. ####$†*=,,
,,=*†$#### it's at  this point  that the second set ####$†*=,,
,,=*†$#### of   guest  arrives,  via  helicopter  - ####$†*=,,
,,=*†$####  amata texnologiyasi and their friends.  ####$†*=,,
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,,,,,,=†## in my dream i am invited as a  friend of ##†=,,,,,,
,,,,,=†$## one  of  the  servers, and thus safe. we ##$†=,,,,,
,,,,===†## sit  in   one  of  the  large   windows, ##†===,,,,
,,=*†$#### looking  through   the   mist   for  any ####$†*=,,
,,=*†$#### landmarks  to pierce  through  the mist. ####$†*=,,
,,=*†$#### she  tells me that apart from coming and ####$†*=,,
,,,,,,=†## going  from  work, she's  never seen the ##†=,,,,,,
,,,,,*$$## 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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