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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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