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###&¤*=~^¨ THE OVERGROWN MAZE OF THE NORTH-EASTERN ¨^~=*¤&###
###&¤*=~^¨ RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, EVENTUALLY YOU ¨^~=*¤&###
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&&¤=~~~^^¨ FENCED-IN GROVE OF BIRD CHERRY AND ¨^^~~~=¤&&
&*~^^¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨^~=*¤&###
&¤*==~~~^¨ 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, ¨¨¨¨~~~~*&
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&&&*=^^^¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨^=¤¤&
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