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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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