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#@#§§%:~.¨ IF YOU FOLLOW A DIRT ROAD NORTH JUST ¨.~:%§§#@#
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§§:::..¨¨¨ THE OVERGROWN MAZE OF THE NORTH-EASTERN ¨¨¨..:::§§
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#@#§§%:~.¨ 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, ¨¨¨¨.~:%§@
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#@#§§%:~.¨ 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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