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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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