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#%%=~..... AND WILL TAKE A WHILE TO CIRCLE, .....~=%%#
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##%%%%=»~. GROVE INSIDE. ZIG ZAG BETWEEN PUDDLES .~»=%%%%##
#@@@%=»~.. AND SINKING SHIPPING CONTAINERS, ..~»=%@@@#
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##@@%%=»~. GROUND BECOMES SOLID AGAIN. .~»=%%@@##
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#@==~~.... PARKING LOT, WITH SPRINKLED DANDELIONS, ....~~==@#
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####@%=»~. 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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