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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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