,,,:-^*%## ##%*^-:,,,
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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. %*^-:,,,,,
,,,,:-^*%# #%*^-:,,,,
,,,:-^*%## 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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,,,,:-^*%# #%*^-:,,,,