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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. .......,==
%==,......                                          ......,==%
$%==,.....  go inside. this time there's a cracked  .....,==%$
§$%==,....  parking lot, with sprinkled dandelions, ....,==%$§
@§$%==,...   lined by wisteria. east of it is an    ...,==%$§@
#@§$%==,..  abandoned building, what used to house  ..,==%$§@#
##@§$%==,.      an old restaurant. the paint is     .,==%$§@##
#@§$%==,..  chipping, some windows are broken, but  ..,==%$§@#
@§$%==,...       the signage is still there:        ...,==%$§@
§$%==,....                                          ....,==%$§
$%==,.....             "indian palace".             .....,==%$
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