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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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