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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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