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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. @%*/-~....
.....~-/*% %*/-~.....
......~-/* 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: @@%*/-~...
..~-/*%@@# #@@%*/-~..
.~-/*%@@## "INDIAN PALACE". ##@@%*/-~.
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