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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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