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..&&&.&..& THE OVERGROWN MAZE OF THE NORTH-EASTERN .&.&&.&&&.
..&..&&&.& RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, EVENTUALLY YOU &&&&.&&..&
&.&&.&..&& ARRIVE AT WHAT LOOKS LIKE A LARGE ....&&.&.&
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&&.&&..&&& JUNIPER. IT'S QUITE LARGE, .&..&&&...
&.&&.&.&.. AND WILL TAKE A WHILE TO CIRCLE, .&&.&..&..
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&..&&....& WALLS STICKING OUT OF IT IN MORE THAN A ..&&..&&.&
.&.&.&...& FEW PLACES. BUT KEEP GOING, AND &.&.&.&.&&
&&&&&&&..& EVENTUALLY THERE'LL BE LILACS, AND A &&&&&&&&&.
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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 &..&&....&
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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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