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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 #@@:~^....
.....~$$$# ground      becomes     solid     again. #$$$~.....
.....~:$@#                                          #@$:~.....
.^~:$@####  go inside. this time there's a cracked  ####@$:~^.
.....~~:@# 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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