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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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