...--††&&@ @&&††--...
.-~†*&@¶@# #@¶@&*†~-.
.-~†*&@¶¶@ @¶¶@&*†~-.
.-~~†**&&¶ ¶&&**†~~-.
.-~†*&@¶@# #@¶@&*†~-.
.....~*&¶@ 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". ¶&&**†--..
......~*@¶ ¶@*~......
....-~~*@¶ ¶@*~~-....
.-~†*&@¶@# #@¶@&*†~-.
.-~†*&@¶@# #@¶@&*†~-.
......~†&@ @&†~......