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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 .......,«=
$=«,......   residential district, eventually you   ......,«=$
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@$$=«,....    fenced-in grove of bird cherry and    ....,«=$$@
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#@@$$=«,.. walls sticking out of it in more than a  ..,«=$$@@#
@@$$=«,...      few places. but keep going, and     ...,«=$$@@
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$$=«,.....            hole in the fence.            .....,«=$$
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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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