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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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