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£%%^~.,,,,   within the second ring, and navigate   ,,,,.~^%%£
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@@££%^†~.,   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,     ,,,,.†^%£@
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@£££%^†~.,  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 ,.~††^^%%£
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@££%†.,,,, 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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