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.^~;%%####   if you follow a dirt road north just   ####%%;~^.
..^~;%%###   within the second ring, and navigate   ###%%;~^..
...^~;%%##  the overgrown maze of the north-eastern ##%%;~^...
....^~;%%#   residential district, eventually you   #%%;~^....
.....^~;%%    arrive at what looks like a large     %%;~^.....
......^~;%    fenced-in grove of bird cherry and    %;~^......
.......^~;        juniper. it's quite large,        ;~^.......
........^~     and will take a while to circle,     ~^........
.......^~;   especially since it's got gardens and  ;~^.......
......^~;% walls sticking out of it in more than a  %;~^......
.....^~;%%     few places. but keep going, and      %%;~^.....
....^~;%%#   eventually there'll be lilacs, and a   #%%;~^....
...^~;%%##            hole in the fence.            ##%%;~^...
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.^~;%%#### go inside. well, it's hollow,  and hides ####%%;~^.
..^~;%%### a  pale swamp (herons,  mosquitos). it's ###%%;~^..
...^~;%%## brighter  here, and the  sounds  of  the ##%%;~^...
....^~;%%# city  seem distant. but there's a second #%%;~^....
.....^~;%% grove  inside. zig zag  between  puddles %%;~^.....
......^~;% and   sinking    shipping    containers, %;~^......
.......^~; because toward  the  inner  treeline the ;~^.......
........^~ ground     becomes      solid     again. ~^........
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......^~;%  go inside. this time there's a cracked  %;~^......
.....^~;%%  parking lot, with sprinkled dandelions, %%;~^.....
....^~;%%#   lined by wisteria. east of it is an    #%%;~^....
...^~;%%##  abandoned building, what used to house  ##%%;~^...
..^~;%%###      an old restaurant. the paint is     ###%%;~^..
.^~;%%####  chipping, some windows are broken, but  ####%%;~^.
..^~;%%###       the signage is still there:        ###%%;~^..
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....^~;%%#             "indian palace".             #%%;~^....
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