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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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