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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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