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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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