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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:       ,,,,,,,,:~
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,,,,,,,,,,             "INDIAN PALACE".             ,,,,,,,,,,
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