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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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