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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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