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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,     #&*««~....
.~«:*$&#@#  especially since it's got gardens and   #@#&$*:«~.
....~«**$& walls sticking out of it in more than a  &$**«~....
.~«:*$$&&#     few places. but keep going, and      #&&$$*:«~.
.~«:*$$$$&   eventually there'll be lilacs, and a   &$$$$*:«~.
.~«:*$&##@            hole in the fence.            @##&$*:«~.
.~«:*&#@##                                          ##@#&*:«~.
.~«:*$&#@# go inside. well, it's hollow, and  hides #@#&$*:«~.
.~«:*$&#@# a pale  swamp (herons,  mosquitos). it's #@#&$*:«~.
.~«:*$&### brighter  here, and the  sounds  of  the ###&$*:«~.
...~~«:$#@ city seem  distant. but there's a second @#$:«~~...
.~«:*$&### grove  inside.  zig  zag between puddles ###&$*:«~.
...~~::$#@ and    sinking   shipping    containers, @#$::~~...
.~«:*$&### because  toward the  inner treeline  the ###&$*:«~.
.~«:**$&&@ ground     becomes     solid      again. @&&$**:«~.
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.~«:*$&#@#  go inside. this time there's a cracked  #@#&$*:«~.
.~«««::$$& 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:       @&*::««~..
.~«:*$&###                                          ###&$*:«~.
.~«:*$&#@#             "indian palace".             #@#&$*:«~.
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