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##*$^~.... IF YOU FOLLOW A DIRT ROAD NORTH JUST ....~^$*##
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####*$^~.. THE OVERGROWN MAZE OF THE NORTH-EASTERN ..~^$*####
###*$^~... RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, EVENTUALLY YOU ...~^$*###
##*$^~.... ARRIVE AT WHAT LOOKS LIKE A LARGE ....~^$*##
#*$^~..... FENCED-IN GROVE OF BIRD CHERRY AND .....~^$*#
*$^~...... JUNIPER. IT'S QUITE LARGE, ......~^$*
$^~....... AND WILL TAKE A WHILE TO CIRCLE, .......~^$
^~........ 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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