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«:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨   WITHIN THE SECOND RING, AND NAVIGATE   ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨   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      ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
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«:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨    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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