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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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