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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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