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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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