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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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