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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.            ¨^-†*%¶###
##¶@%*†-^¨                                          ¨^-†*%@¶##
¶¶@%††-^¨¨ 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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##¶@%*†-^¨                                          ¨^-†*%@¶##