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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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