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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. ¨:«;^§&@@#
#@&§^««::¨                                          ¨::««^§&@#
###@&§^;«:  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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