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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: @@§§**~...
..~**§§@@# #@@§§**~..
.~**§§@@## "INDIAN PALACE". ##@@§§**~.
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