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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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