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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.            ¨¨¨¨~=^*%#
%*^=~¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨~=^*%
*^=~¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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