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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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