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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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