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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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