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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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