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....###... EXTERIOR WALLS COMPLETELY MADE OF GLASS. ...###..#.
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.#....#.## 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 .##......#
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.....###.. 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, .........#
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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 .#....#...
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..#.##.... 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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