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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. ##£§*%=~-.
..-~=%*§£# #£§*%=~-..
...-~=%*§£ 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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