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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 @#$$:««,,,
,:«:=$@# juniper. it's quite large, #@#&$=:«:,
,:«:=$&@## and will take a while to circle, ##@&$=:«:,
,:«:=$&@## especially since it's got gardens and ##@&$=:«:,
,,,,,::=&& walls sticking out of it in more than a &&=::,,,,,
,,,,,«::=& few places. but keep going, and &=::«,,,,,
,:«:=$&@ eventually there'll be lilacs, and a @#&&$=:«:,
,:«:=$## hole in the fence. ###&$=:«:,
,,:««:$& #&&$:««:,,
,:«:=$&@## go inside. well, it's hollow, and hides ##@&$=:«:,
,:«:=$@# a pale swamp (herons, mosquitos). it's #@#&$=:«:,
,:«:=$@# brighter here, and the sounds of the #@#&$=:«:,
,:«:=$## city seem distant. but there's a second ###&$=:«:,
,:«:=$#@ grove inside. zig zag between puddles @##&$=:«:,
,,,,«=$$ 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: #&=:::,,,,
,:«:=$@# #@#&$=:«:,
,,,,::«:$# "indian palace". #$:«::,,,,
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