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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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