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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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