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#@@@**^-.¨ THE OVERGROWN MAZE OF THE NORTH-EASTERN ¨.-^**@@@#
@@@***^-.¨ RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, EVENTUALLY YOU ¨.-^***@@@
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@@@***^-.¨ A PALE SWAMP (HERONS, MOSQUITOS). IT'S ¨.-^***@@@
@*****^-.¨ BRIGHTER HERE, AND THE SOUNDS OF THE ¨.-^*****@
@*****^-.¨ CITY SEEM DISTANT. BUT THERE'S A SECOND ¨.-^*****@
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#@@@**^-.¨ PARKING LOT, WITH SPRINKLED DANDELIONS, ¨.-^**@@@#
#@@@**^-.¨ LINED BY WISTERIA. EAST OF IT IS AN ¨.-^**@@@#
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##@@**^-.¨ AN OLD RESTAURANT. THE PAINT IS ¨.-^**@@##
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#@@@**^-.¨ THE SIGNAGE IS STILL THERE: ¨.-^**@@@#
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