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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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