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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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