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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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