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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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