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£££¤£%;--¨   within the second ring, and navigate   ¨--;%£¤£££
#£££%;---¨  the overgrown maze of the north-eastern ¨---;%£££#
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##£¤£%;--¨    arrive at what looks like a large     ¨--;%£¤£##
##£¤£%;--¨    fenced-in grove of bird cherry and    ¨--;%£¤£##
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##£¤£%;--¨     and will take a while to circle,     ¨--;%£¤£##
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¤£%%%;-¨¨¨  walls sticking out of it in more than a ¨¨¨-;%%%£¤
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##£¤£%;--¨ a pale swamp (herons,  mosquitos).  it's ¨--;%£¤£##
##£¤£%;--¨ brighter  here, and  the sounds  of  the ¨--;%£¤£##
£££;;;---¨ city seem distant. but there's  a second ¨---;;;£££
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£¤¤%%;;--¨ and    sinking    shipping   containers, ¨--;;%%¤¤£
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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  ¨¨¨¨-%%%%¤
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