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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨~/*#
#@#@*%/~~¨ ¨~~/%*@#@#
@%~~¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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